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- David Colville Smith GLM ICD (19 April 1922 – 9 July 1996) was a farmer and politician in Rhodesia and its successor states, Zimbabwe Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. He served in the cabinet of Rhodesia as Minister of Agriculture from 1968 to 1976, Minister of Finance from 1976 to 1979, and Minister of Commerce and Industry from 1978 to 1979. From 1976 to 1979, he also served Deputy Prime Minister of Rhodesia. He continued to serve as Minister of Finance in the government of Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979. In 1980, he was appointed Minister of Trade and Commerce of the newly independent Zimbabwe, one of two whites included in the cabinet of Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. Born in Kintyre, Scotland, Smith emigrated to Southern Rhodesia in 1946 to take up farming. Initially a farm assistant, he rose to become a farm manager and later co-founded a farming enterprise of his own in Mazowe. He was elected to the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly in 1965, the year of Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, and was added to the cabinet three years later as agriculture minister. He later held the portfolios of finance and commerce, and served for three years as Ian Smith's deputy prime minister. Considered a moderate within the Rhodesian Front, he was one of a few white ministers included in the cabinets of premier Abel Muzorewa of Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979, and by Robert Mugabe in 1980. He resigned from the cabinet and the Rhodesian Front in 1981, and remained in retirement in Harare until his death. (en)
- David Colville Smith (Kintyre, 19 de abril de 1922 -Harare, 9 de julio de 1996) fue un agricultor y político rodesiano, que ocupó múltiples cargos públicos en la República de Rodesia, en Zimbabue Rodesia y en la República de Zimbabue. Nacido en Kintyre, Escocia, Smith emigró a Rodesia del Sur en 1946 para dedicarse a la agricultura. Inicialmente asistente de granja, se convirtió en gerente de granja y luego cofundó una empresa agrícola propia en . Fue elegido miembro de la Asamblea Legislativa de Rodesia del Sur en , el año de la Declaración Unilateral de Independencia de Rodesia. En el se desempeñó como , entre 1968 y 1976, Ministro de Finanzas, entre 1976 y 1979, y Ministro de Comercio e Industria, entre 1978 y 1979; así mismo, de 1976 a 1979, se desempeñó como . En el Gobierno de Zimbabue Rodesia se desempeñó como Ministro de Finanzas en 1979, y en el primer tras su independencia, fue nombrado como Ministro de Comercio, siendo uno de los dos blancos nombrados en el gabinete por Robert Mugabe. Considerado un miembro moderado del Frente Rodesiano, fue uno de los pocos ministros blancos incluidos en los gabinetes del primer ministro Abel Muzorewa de Zimbabue Rodesia en 1979, y por Robert Mugabe en 1980. Renunció al gabinete y al Frente Rodesiano en 1981, y permaneció retirado en Harare hasta su muerte. (es)
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- David Colville Smith GLM ICD (19 April 1922 – 9 July 1996) was a farmer and politician in Rhodesia and its successor states, Zimbabwe Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. He served in the cabinet of Rhodesia as Minister of Agriculture from 1968 to 1976, Minister of Finance from 1976 to 1979, and Minister of Commerce and Industry from 1978 to 1979. From 1976 to 1979, he also served Deputy Prime Minister of Rhodesia. He continued to serve as Minister of Finance in the government of Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979. In 1980, he was appointed Minister of Trade and Commerce of the newly independent Zimbabwe, one of two whites included in the cabinet of Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. (en)
- David Colville Smith (Kintyre, 19 de abril de 1922 -Harare, 9 de julio de 1996) fue un agricultor y político rodesiano, que ocupó múltiples cargos públicos en la República de Rodesia, en Zimbabue Rodesia y en la República de Zimbabue. (es)
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