John Hartley Howman (8 November 1919 – 2 February 2002) served as a

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Member of Parliament in

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and the Minister of Tourism and Information in the cabinet of Prime Minister

Ian Smith Ian Douglas Smith (8 April 1919 – 20 November 2007) was a Rhodesian politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (known as Southern Rhodesia until October 1964 and now known as Zimbabwe) from 1964 to ...

. He became Rhodesian minister of external affairs and defence in September 1968. He was one of the signatories to the

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on 11 November 1965. He was also Minister of African Education until 1963. Howman was one of Smith's closest confidants and friends in his cabinet and accompanied him to the Gibraltar Conferences in 1966 and 1968.

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