Ian Smith... a leader of the Rhodesian revolution.

Ian Smith was distinguished by having led the revolution of Rhodesia against the British Crown, Ian recently suffered a stroke and died last Tuesday with 88 years old, in a clinic in Cape Town. He was the first minister of Rhodesia, presently called Zimbabwe. Commanded by him and a white minority they managed to make this African country independent from the English Crown, in the 60’s.
He declared unilaterally the independence of the Rhodesia from the colonial British Empire in 1965, commanded 300 thousand persons, and led the country during 14 years, in spite of strong sanctions and international criticism. But in 1979, by the pressure of the guerrilla led by the current President of the now called Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, Smith handed over the power to the black majority. Nevertheless, the first ex-Minister continued actively in politic nearly to 1987, when the white places of the Parliament of the Zimbabwe were abolished. Still watching the expulsion of the white farmers from the land. This country was one of the main food exporters of Africa. Zimbabwe is now politically and economically isolated from the world, due to the authoritarianism of Mugabe, accused of reiterated violation of the human rights. His population is of the most poor in the world.