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2014 in Zambia
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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Zambia.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Michael Sata (until 28 October), Guy Scott (starting 28 October)
- Vice-President: Guy Scott (until 28 October), vacant thereafter
- Chief Justice: Ernest Sakala
Events
[edit]October
[edit]- October 28 - Zambian media reports that President Michael Sata has died while receiving medical care in London.[1]
- October 29 - Guy Scott, the Vice-President of Zambia, becomes the interim President following the death of Michael Sata in London on Tuesday.[2] This made him the first head of state of European White descent in Africa since F. W. de Klerk in 1989, and the first-ever under a democratically elected government.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Zambia's President Michael Sata reported dead". 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Zambian VP Scott Named Interim Leader". 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ Karimi, Edith (29 October 2014). "Zambia's Guy Scott makes history as white president in sub-Saharan Africa". CNN.
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