Zambia's former vice president Guy Scott dies at 82
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Zambia's former vice president Guy Scott, who briefly served as Africa's only white head of state since the end of apartheid, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 82. The government announced that Scott, an economist born in Zambia to Scottish parents, died at his farm in Lusaka after a short illness. He held the position of vice president of the copper-producing southern African nation from 2011 to 2014. Following the death of President Michael Sata in 2014, Scott became acting president for nearly three months. He was constitutionally barred from running for president because his parents were not Zambian by birth. Edgar Lungu succeeded him, leading the country from 2015 to 2021. Zambia is scheduled to hold elections next month.
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