Government of Rhodesia

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government unrecognized state white-minority regime

The Government of Rhodesia was the unrecognized white-minority regime that unilaterally declared independence from Britain in 1965 and ruled what is now Zimbabwe until majority rule was established in 1980.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ian Smith government 1
Rhodesian Front 1
Rhodesian government 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government ⓘ
unrecognized state ⓘ
white-minority regime ⓘ
capital Salisbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms Coat of arms of Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Rhodesian Bush War NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitution 1965 Constitution of Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency Rhodesian dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhodesian pound NERFINISHED ⓘ
declaredIndependenceFrom United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate 1980-04-18 ⓘ
firstPrimeMinister Ian Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
flag Flag of Rhodesia (1968–1979) NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Officer Administering the Government ⓘ
ideology anti-communism ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
white minority rule ⓘ
imposedSanctionsOnBy United Nations Security Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastPrimeMinister Abel Muzorewa NERFINISHED ⓘ
leader Abel Muzorewa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ian Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
notRecognizedBy Organization of African Unity NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
opposedBy Patriotic Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
ZANU NERFINISHED ⓘ
ZAPU NERFINISHED ⓘ
policy land apportionment favoring whites ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
politicalSystem parliamentary system ⓘ
precededBy Government of Southern Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayLocation Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy Bophuthatswana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ciskei NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transkei NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venda NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy Government of Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate 1965-11-11 ⓘ
successorState Republic of Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ
territory Southern Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
transitionAgreement Lancaster House Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
unilateralDeclarationOfIndependence 1965-11-11 ⓘ
UNSanctionsResolution United Nations Security Council Resolution 232 NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 253 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lancaster House Agreement → signatoryParty → Government of Rhodesia ⓘ
Reserve Bank of Rhodesia → ownedBy → Government of Rhodesia ⓘ
Joshua Nkomo → opponent → Government of Rhodesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ian Smith government
Joshua Nkomo → opponent → Government of Rhodesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhodesian Front
Rhodesian Air Force → allegiance → Government of Rhodesia ⓘ
Rhodesian Bush War → primaryBelligerent → Government of Rhodesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhodesian government