The Unilateral Declaration of Independence of Rhodesia from the United Kingdom was signed by 12 ministers of the Rhodesian Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Ian Smith, on 11 November 1965. Four junior members of the Cabinet—two ministers without portfolio, the chief whip and the deputy minister of information—did not sign, but were included in the official photograph.
Signatories The 12 signatories were:
Portrait Signatory Position Ian Smith Prime Minister Clifford Dupont Deputy Prime MinisterMinister of External AffairsMinister of Defence The Duke of Montrose Minister of Agriculture Jack Howman Minister of TourismMinister of Information William Harper Minister of Internal AffairsMinister of Public Service Desmond Lardner-Burke Minister of Justice and Law and Order Ian Finlay McLean Minister of HealthMinister of Labour and Social Welfare Jack Mussett Minister of Housing and Local Government George Rudland Minister of Trade, Industry, and Development A. P. Smith Minister of Education Phillip van Heerden Minister of Mines, Lands, and Water Development John Wrathall Minister of Finance Minister of Posts
Four junior members of the Cabinet did not sign, but were included in the official photograph:
Portrait Signatory Position Ian Dillon Chief Government Whip Lance Smith Minister without portfolio Andrew Dunlop Minister without portfolio P. K. van der Byl Deputy Minister of Information
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