21 Facts About Guy Scott

Guy Lindsay Scott was born on 1 June 1944 and is a Zambian politician, who served as acting president of Zambia from 2014 to 2015, and was the 12th vice president from 2011 to 2014.

Guy Lindsay Scott was born on 1 June 1944 in the border city of Livingstone, the pre-1935 capital of what was then Northern Rhodesia.

Guy Scott's father, Alec Scott, was a doctor who had emigrated to Northern Rhodesia from Glasgow, Scotland in 1927 to work on Cecil Rhodes' railways, whilst his mother Grace, had emigrated from England in 1940.

Guy Scott is the brother of Alexander "Sandy" Guy Scott, a noted scientist, who was awarded the Fisheries Society of the British Isles's Beverton Medal in 2014 for his contributions to fisheries science.

Guy Scott completed his primary and secondary education at Springvale School and Peterhouse Boys' School, respectively, both located in what was then Southern Rhodesia.

Guy Scott continued his education in England, where he received his undergraduate degree in economics in 1965 from Trinity Hall, a constituent college of Cambridge University.

Guy Scott then returned home to join the government of newly independent Zambia, in which he was a planner within the Ministry of Finance.

In 1970, Guy Scott established an agribusiness venture known as Walkover Estates, which focused on producing high-value crops such as irrigated wheat, strawberries, and a wide range of off-season vegetables.

Guy Scott eventually returned to England to continue his education at the University of Sussex, where he studied cognitive sciences and artificial intelligence, receiving his Master's degree in 1983 and his doctorate in 1986.

Guy Scott went on to study robotics at Oxford University.

In 1990, Guy Scott joined the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy and was elected to be chair of its Agriculture Committee during the first party convention.

Guy Scott was elected as Member of Parliament for Mpika Central on the MMD ticket in the National Assembly during the 1991 general election and was appointed as Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries.

Guy Scott presided over a number of policy reforms and was responsible for managing the "drought of the century" in January and February 1992.

In 1996, Guy Scott resigned from the MMD to form the Lima Party together with Ben Kapita, the president of the ZNFU.

Guy Scott piloted the merger between the Lima Party and other parties including Dean Mungomba's Zambia Democratic Congress to form the Zambia Alliance for Progress.

Guy Scott was sworn in as Vice-president of the Republic of Zambia on 29 September 2011, the first white Zambian leader since its independence.

Nevertheless, Guy Scott did not stand as the presidential candidate for his political party, the Patriotic Front.

On 3 November 2014, Guy Scott dismissed Edgar Lungu as Secretary General of the Patriotic Front; however, he reinstated him a day later, after street protests in Lusaka.

On 17 December 2014, Guy Scott rejected calls from cabinet members asking him to resign as acting president.

Guy Scott left the Patriotic Front before the 2016 general election.

Guy Scott married British-born doctor Charlotte Harland, in a ceremony at the Lusaka Civic Centre in 1994.