# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-douglas-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:47:14.772Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-douglas-smith"
name: "Ian Douglas Smith"
slug: "ian-douglas-smith"
description: "Ian Douglas Smith was a Rhodesian and later Zimbabwean politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1979. He was the country's first leader to be born and raised in Rhodesia, and led the predominantly white government that unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom in November 1965 in opposition to the demands for the implementation of majority rule as a condition for independence. His 15 years in power were defined by the country's international isolation and involvement in the Rhodesian Bush War, which pitted the Rhodesian Security Forces against the Soviet and Chinese-funded military wings of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU)."
tagline: "Prime Minister of Rhodesia (1919–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian_Smith_1975.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1919-04-08"
deathDate: "2007-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.050964
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump