 Ian Douglas Smith 8 Kubvumbi 1919 20 Mbudzi 2007 aive wezvematongerwo enyika weRhodesia, murimi, uye mutyairi wendege airwa uyo akashanda saMutungamiriri weRhodesia aizivikanwa seSouthern Rhodesia kusvika Gumiguru 1964 uye nhasi anozivikanwa seZimbabwe kubva muna 1964 kusvika muna 1979. Akanga ari mutungamiri wekutanga wenyika asina kuberekerwa kunze kwenyika, uye akatungamira hurumende yevarungu vakawanda iyo yakazivisa rusununguko kubva kuUnited Kingdom munaNovember 1965, mushure mekukakavadzana kwenguva refu pamusoro pemitemo. Akaramba ari Mutungamiriri weHurumende kweanenge makore gumi nemana ose okuparadzaniswa kwenyika dzakawanda kwakatevera, uye akatarisira masimba ezvokuchengetedza eRhodesia munguva yakawanda yeHondo yaBush, iyo yakatarisana nehurumende isingazivikanwi nemapoka emagandanga emarudzi evatema anotsigirwa nemakomonisiti. Smith, uyo akarondedzerwa semunhu wechichena weRhodesia, anoramba ari munhu anokakavadzana zvikuru - vatsigiri vanomuratidza semurume ane kutendeseka uye ane chiratidzo uyo akanzwisisa chokwadi chisingafadzi cheAfrica, nepo vanomupikisa vachimuona se munhu ane rusaruraganda asingapfidzi. 