List of chief justices of Jamaica

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The chief justice of Jamaica is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Jamaica. This article lists chief justices from before and after Jamaica's independence in 1962.

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British colony (1655–1962)

Independent Jamaica (since 1962)

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