Zambian Vice President Scott named interim leader: minister

by YoopyaOctober 29, 2014July 15, 202302

LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambian Vice President Guy Scott has been named the interim leader of Africa’s second-largest copper producer, a government minister said on Wednesday, a day after President Michael Sata died in London aged 77.

Zambia Vice President Guy Scott and Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni listen to U.S. President Barack Obama at the first Leaders Session of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the State Department in Washington — Zambia Vice President Guy Scott (L) and Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (R) listen to U.S. President Barack Obama at the first Leaders Session of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the State Department in Washington, August 6, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing

Zambia will hold a presidential election to choose a permanent successor to Sata within three months, defence minister Edgar Lungu said.

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