Patrick Zala(パトリック・ザラPatorikku Zara) is one of the principal antagonists from the Japanese science fiction anime television series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. Patrick Zala, father of Athrun Zala, is the National Defense Committee Chairman who is the radical faction leader of the PLANT Supreme Council. He lost his wife, Lenore Zala, in the Bloody Valentine Tragedy and blames all Naturals for her death.