Rhodesian Front

British  

noun

1. the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78

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Example Sentences

When Ian Smith, of the Rhodesian Front party, issued a unilateral declaration of independence, declaring Elizabeth II Queen of Rhodesia, Britain instituted sanctions and the UN declared it a racist and illegal regime.

From The Guardian

“In 1976, rather than be conscripted into the army of the Rhodesian Front and its leader, Ian Smith, I fled the country. I refused to fight in an unjust war against my fellow black countrymen.”

From New York Times

Mugabe next held out the olive branch to former Prime Minister Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front, which had won all 20 of the white parliamentary seats in separate elections last month.

From Time Magazine Archive

Voting separately, the country's 212,000 whites have already chosen their 20 representatives�all of them members of former Prime Minister Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front Party.

From Time Magazine Archive

A longtime critic of Prime Minister Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front party, Peech had organized several meetings with Macheke's tribesmen and informally had tried to work out a cease-fire with black national guerrillas in the district.

From Time Magazine Archive