Zambia has become the first African country in two decades to have a white head of state.
Vice President Guy Scott has stepped up as the interim leader following the death of President Michael Sata in a London hospital.
During his 23 years in politics, Michael Sata became known as 'King Cobra' for his venomous tongue.
"The potholes in your head it will take another 27 years for them to be repaired. I have not bloody lost so don't waste my time."
Michael Sata has ruled over the Zambian Republic in southern Africa since 2011, but he has been missing from the public eye for about a month.
Officials denied rumours of ill health until news of his death broke this week.
The nature of his death was not immediately disclosed.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon was the first to pay tribute.
"President Sata was much respected and admired figure and for me as the Secretary-General I have been working very closely with him to establish peace and security and development and human rights."
Vice President Guy Scott has been appointed interim leader, becoming the continent's first white head of state since South Africa's FW de Klerk lost to Nelson Mandela in 1994, ending apartheid.
Some in Zambia say it's still too soon for a white man to be head of state in Africa.
"When we say Mr Guy Scott should be the President that will mean we are bringing back colonialism, bringing back the old days, because even the whites, they will come and take over. Do we want to bring back colonialism in Zambia? No."//"Its not right, fifty years after independence I think we are supposed to have our own indigenous person acting in that position because this actually puts the country in a very awkward position."
Elections have to be held within 90 days.
But Mr Scott - who is of Scottish heritage - is not eligible to stand in upcoming elections, as the constitution stipulates that a presidential candidate must be born to Zambian parents.
