Guy Scott

Zambian politician

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Guy Scott served as interim president of Zambia following the death of President Michael Sata in October 2014. Scott's interim presidency was notable as he was the first white head of state in Zambia and the first in Africa since the end of apartheid. However, due to constitutional amendments requiring parents to be Zambian by birth, Scott was ineligible to run for president himself. Edgar Lungu was subsequently elected president in January 2015.12

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Vice President Guy Scott was named interim president, and elections for a new president to complete the rest of Sata’s term were set to be held within 90 days. Scott’s parents were not born in Zambia, and a 1996 constitutional amendment stipulating that a candidate had to…
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Vice President Guy Scott was named interim president, and elections for a new president to complete the rest of Sata’s term were set to be held within 90 days. Scott’s parents were not born in Zambia, and a 1996 constitutional amendment stipulating that a candidate had to…
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