Edward Zacca

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The Right Honourable Sir Edward Zacca KCMG OJ
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	(1931-07-26)26 July 1931
Died	11 November 2019(2019-11-11) (aged 88)
Alma mater	Kingston 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.