Edward Zacca
Sir Edward Zacca GCMG OJ (26 July 1931 – 11 November 2019) was chief justice of the Jamaican Supreme Court from 1985 to 1996. Under the Constitution of Jamaica, the chief justice of Jamaica serves as acting governor-general of Jamaica when that office is vacant, and Chief Justice Zacca served in that capacity from March to August 1991. Zacca was succeeded as Chief Justice by the Hon. Mr. Justice Lensley Wolfe.
The Right Honourable Sir Edward Zacca GCMG OJ | |
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| Acting Governor-General of Jamaica | |
| In office 31 March 1991 – 1 August 1991 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Michael Manley |
| Preceded by | Florizel Glasspole |
| Succeeded by | Howard Cooke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 July 1931 |
| Died | 11 November 2019 (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | Kingston College |
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He became a member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council in 1992. Zacca was first appointed as Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal for Bermuda on 21 October 1996. He became President of the Court on 1 January 2004, serving through 2014.
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