Name	George Douglas Smith
Appearance	George Smith's portrait at his inauguration as Governor
Occupation	Governor of Rhodesia (1608 PD - ?) Farmer Kybuck breeder
Political Party	Liberal Party
Date of Birth Father Mother Spouse Children	11th November 1574 PD Andrew Smith Mary Smith Kelly Smith 7
Religion Ethnicity	Stoinian Orthodoxy Rhodesian
Age Hair colour Eye colour Height Species	45 T-years Dark grey Blue 1.78 m Terran

George Smith is the current Governor of the planet Rhodesia in the Rhodesian Sector. Although he is part of the relative new generation of politicians, he is viewed by many as a true hero while others condemn his policies.

Early Life
George grew up as the youngest in a family of 11. Like many Rhodesians, they were farmers on the great savannah plains. They also has a side business where they bred Kybucks, an animal native to Rhodesia and proved very useful once domesticated. Amongst the Smiths Kybucks were Kybucks which had won multiple planetary championships in Kybuck races. This gained the Smiths an honest living and a good reputation amongst the populace. However this Rhodesian dream would come to an end when the Velutarian War commenced.
 

Velutarian War
Although the War had broken out, it took the Velutarian four years to arrive at Rhodesia. The First Battle of Rhodesia was a pyrrhic victory for the Stoinians due to their tactic of ramming the Velutarians while they were still recovering from their FTL jump. It is by many considered to be a miracle the First Battle of Rhodesia was won, but the Rhodesians now knew that their location was compromised and should prepare. With MacArthur's planetary fortress policy, Rhodesia was prepared for the Velutarians gaining a planetary shield and tremendous amounts of ammunition and guns. Under Legate Keith Jones mandate, Rhodesia's infrastructure was transformed to sustain a war of attrition. Smith was just fourteen and after schools were abandoned, he joined the miners. His father would become a pilot in the Army Air Force, while his mother became a nurse. Together with his older brother Ian he mined for the war effort. However as soldiers died and George became 16 T-years old, he enrolled to become a fighter pilot as he also knew how to fly the plane used for agriculture. By that time he had already lost three of his brothers. The remainder of the war he supported the ground troops and became an ace pilot and a local celebrity. The Velutarian starfighters were optimised for space flight and not for in atmosphere flight, this resulted in the Stoinians gaining an advantage over the Velutarians, which was a rare sight. 
Eventually in the last year of the war, High Admiral Douglas Hague arrived and liberated Rhodesia with his new ships. Rhodesia was spared of glassing and thus it's terrain remained fairly intact for the decade of war it had sustained. It didn't take the Rhodesians long before they could rebegin their agriculture and gain their reputation of the breadbasket of the west. With their new significant importance and the complete glassing of Reach, Rhodesia became the new Sector Capital. Rhodesians now became an iconic symbol of the Velutarian War for their resistance and resolve.

Farmer Period
After the war, he and the remainder of his family rebegan their farming and Kybuck breeding business. With the loss of three brothers, the father and a sister the family was heavily outmanned. But though Rhodesian resolve they made profit. The business grew over the years and they were now also exporting to other planets as well. On one of the business trips he met Kelly Douglas, whom he married after three months.
After 7 years, he grew tired of the polarising Rhodesian politicians who only cared for their votes and after a long discussion with his family, he decided to run for office. Not any governorship, the governorship of Rhodesia itself.

Governorship
For his campaign he joined the Liberal Party, although he had clearly had a different approach on the Cathrani. He instead focused on the economics Rhodesia would face and campaigning as the honest man. He would win his first term and truly solidify Rhodesia as the breadbasket of the West. Under his governorship Rhodesians prosper and lived their original farm lives. He also made more nationalistic moves, such as recognising the Rhodesian identity. Although their original colonists were English, their skin had become more reddish due to Rhodesia's sun and tropical climate. Although it's barely noticeable, it is there. This satisfied the Rhodesian populace. He also expanded the farming lands and some bordered the Cathrani forests. Gun laws were loosened and the Rhodesian Government ensured the farmers protection. With such policies in place he gained a favourable image with the Rhodesians, gaining him 95% of the votes in the first round for his second mandate, granting him the immediate governorship. 
Now in his second mandate he is looking to make peace with the Cathrani, although these acts have proven unsuccessful at best.

Policies and controversies
Amongst Rhodesia's fauna are the Cathrani, a primitive sentient feline species. While most would have purged the Cathrani to ensure a stable environment for the settlers, the original Rhodesian settlers opted to keep away from the enormous forests where they lived. Instead focusing on the savannah lands for their agricultural plans. However incursions by the Cathrani have occurred during the Terran settlement, but these insurrections were followed by several hunts inspired by the Great Hunt. Smith is one of the few that truly understand the situation. While the hardline xenophobes want to enforce a great hunt style approach and the progressives want to blindly enlighten the xenos, Smith wants to work things slowly as neither side truly understands the complexity. He has tried several attempts to a definitive line of communication with the Cathrani, but they have proven to be unsuccessful. Nonetheless he tries to make peace with the local inhabitants.
By non-Rhodesians, he is either viewed by others as a softie or a criminal for ordering the killing of Cathrani after the last incursion. By the Rhodesians themselves, he is viewed as a true Rhodesian who sees the uncomfortable truth of the Rhodesian controversy. This is viewed by his election results, gaining 95% of the votes during the first round, immediately granting him the governorship.