Zambia President: Dr. Scott Becomes First Africa's White President in 20 Years

Pictures-Late President Michael Sata(Left), Acting President, Dr. Guy Lindsay Scott(Right)

The Zambian President, Michael Sata who died yesterday October 28th aged 77 has been replaced by the Vice President of Gambia Dr Guy Scott.

Dr.Guy Lindsay Scott is the first white president of Zambia in 20 years. He is the first white man to be democratically elected as VP on a ticket in the African continent.

According to Reuters, Scott, a Cambridge-educated economist born in Zambia to Scottish parents, had been Sata's vice president. He will be interim leader until an election in three months, making him the first white African leader since South Africa's F.W. de Klerk lost to Nelson Mandela in the 1994 election that ended apartheid.

Scott, 70, is ineligible to run in a presidential election because his parents were not born in Zambia, leaving defense minister Edgar Lungu and finance minister Alexander Chikwanda the most likely contenders for the ruling Patriotic Front party's ticket, analysts say.

Election will take place in 3 months time, most likely in February 2015.