Edward Zacca
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Sir Edward Zacca | |
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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 |
| President of the Court of Appeal of the Bahamas | |
| In office March 2000 – July 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Kenneth George |
| Succeeded by | Joan Sawyer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 July 1931 |
| Died | 11 November 2019 (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | Kingston College |
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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.
Zacca was born on 26 July 1931 to Wadie and Angel Zacca. Edward Zacca married Hope Margaret, the daughter of George Haddad (J.P. and Merchant) and Nellie Haddad on 19 October 1958. They had three children together: Christopher, Karen, and Edward, Jr.[2] Zacca attended Kingston College from 1941 to and was called to the Bar in Middle Temple, London, on 9 February 1954. From 1952 to 1953 he was the President of the Hans Crescent Colonial Students' Residence, London.
