Guy Lindsay Scott is a Zambian politician, who served as interim / caretaker President of Zambia from 2014 to 2015, and was the Vice President from 2011 to 2014.

The politics of Zambia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president of Zambia is head of state, head of government and leader of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government, while legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. Formerly Northern Rhodesia, Zambia became a republic immediately upon attaining independence in October 1964.