Zambia gets a white President.....

Africa has its first white head of state since the horrors of apartheid after the death of the charismatic Zambian president dubbed 'King Cobra'.

Vice president Guy Scott was named the country's acting leader today ahead of a presidential election in three months to formally replace Michael Sata, who died last night aged 77.

Born in Zambia in 1944, Cambridge-educated Scott entered politics more than 20 years ago following in the footsteps of his father, a key critic of the country's former British colonisers. 

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Zambian president Michael Sata (left), who has died aged 77, Guy Scott (right)

Guy Scott (pictured above with his wife and the Obamas) was sworn in today as the interim president of Zambia following the death of Zambian president Michael Sata yesterday Oct. 28th. This makes Mr Scott, who is of Scottish descent but born in Zambia, the first white president in Africa since apartheid.

Guy Scott, 70, became vice-president of Zambia in 2011 and will serve as interim-president pending when the country holds fresh elections for a new president within 90 days. The Zambian constitution makes it impossible for Scott to be president because his parents were not born in Zambia.