Edward Zacca

Sir Edward Zacca
Acting Governor-General of Jamaica
In office
31 March 1991 – 1 August 1991
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMichael Manley
Preceded byFlorizel Glasspole
Succeeded byHoward Cooke
Personal details
Born(1931-07-26)26 July 1931
Died11 November 2019(2019-11-11) (aged 88)
Alma materKingston College
Occupation
  • Judge
  • politician

Sir Edward Zacca KCMG OJ (26 July 1931 – 11 November 2019)[1] 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.

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.[2] He became President of the Court on 1 January 2004, serving through 2014.

  1. ^ "Former Chief Justice Sir Edward Zacca has died". 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ Smith, Tim (12 November 2019). "Sir Edward Zacca (1931-2019)". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 12 November 2019.