PLANT Supreme Council

PLANT Supreme Council
PLANT Supreme Council (プラント最高評議会, Puranto Saikō Hyōgi Kai)
Data
Purpose	Executive National Committee
Led by	Siegel Clyne (C.E. 68→C.E. 71) Patrick Zala (C.E. 71) Eileen Canaver (C.E. 71→C.E. 72) Gilbert Durandal (C.E. 72→C.E. 74) Lacus Clyne (C.E. 74) Walter de Lament (C.E. 75; current)
Sphere of Influence	PLANT Supreme Council Building
Parent	PLANT
Subdivisions	FAITH PLANT Intelligence Division
Enemies	Earth Alliance Orb Union Blue Cosmos Librarian Works Three Ships Alliance
First Seen	53 C.E.
Vehicles
Command Shuttle
Miscellaneous

The PLANT Supreme Council is a faction introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.

Overview

The PLANT Supreme Council is the highest decision-making body in the PLANT Colonies, responsible for overseeing and managing the affairs of PLANT and ZAFT. The members consist of one elected chief councilor from the "PLANT's Council of Sixty", each representing one of the twelve cities; the twelve members are treated equally, but a chairman is elected from them as a measure of convenience to facilitate the proceedings. The term of office for the PLANT Supreme Council Chairman, who serves as the de facto head of state, is one year and rotates. The council's political base is the PLANT Supreme Council Building in the PLANT Capital colony, Aprilius One.

History

Beginning

Formed in C.E. 53, the PLANT Supreme Council was created after completion of the 120 colonies that make up the PLANT homeland. Five years later, Patrick Zala and Siegel Clyne were elected on the council and in C.E. 63 the two became the leaders of a faction of the council which sought independence from the sponsor nations on Earth. In C.E. 68, Clyne became chairman of the council and continued to secure independence from Earth. On January 1, C.E. 70, the council was targeted by an attack of the sponsor nations, which resulted in the death of one of its members. Over the next months, the relationship between PLANT and the newly formed Earth Alliance deteriorated, resulting in a declaration of war from the EA.

First Alliance-PLANT War

At the beginning of the war, there was a roughly evenly split political division of the Moderate Faction (led by Siegel Clyne and Eileen Canaver) and the Radical Faction (led by Patrick Zala and Ezalia Joule). Many members of the PLANT Supreme Council were also parents of elite mobile suit pilots in ZAFT, such as Tad Elsman, Ezalia Joule, Yuri Amalfi, and Patrick Zala, whose children were under the command of Rau Le Creuset on board the newly constructed Nazca-class destroyer Vesalius.

Siegel Clyne was later replaced by Patrick Zala as Supreme Council Chair. In C.E. 71, Siegel Clyne, frustrated by the extremist actions of his successor, secretly allowed his daughter, Lacus Clyne to entrust Kira Yamato with the ZGMF-X10A Freedom. The Clyne family was forced into hiding with the supposed act of treason drawn against them; Eileen Canaver was left in charge of the Moderate Faction and Patrick Zala quickly ordered the arrest of the members of the Moderate Faction and those associated with the Clyne family. Patrick Zala was killed during the Second Battle of Jachin Due by Ray Yuki, after having shot Ray when he suggested they not fire GENESIS at the Earth.

Provisional Council

Following the conclusion of the First Alliance-PLANT War, Eileen Canaver led the arrest of Ezalia Joule and the members of the Radical Faction and became the acting head of the PLANT Provisional Council, consisting of the members of the Moderate Faction. This provisional council eventually negotiated a peace treaty between PLANT and the Earth Alliance which would become known as the Treaty of Junius. After the treaty became active, the provisional council was dissolved with Eileen Canaver leaving the council. Gilbert Durandal became the chairman of the new PLANT Supreme Council.

Second Alliance-PLANT War

As of C.E. 73, Eileen Canaver retired from her position as PLANT Supreme Chair and an almost entirely new PLANT Supreme Council had been elected. Besides Durandal as the new PLANT Supreme Chair, new members were Alan Clarzec, Ricardo Orff, Eduardo Lee, George Adaman, Crister Orberg, Neu Kazaefsky, and Takao Schreiber. Returning members consisted of Ali Kasim of Januarius City, Louise Leitner of Junius City, Orson White of Sextilis City, and Parnell Jesek of November City.

In C.E. 74, after the death of Durandal and the end of the second war, Lacus Clyne became Chairwoman of the PLANT Supreme Council.

Post Second Alliance-PLANT War

After ZAFT adopted its new ranking system, the Supreme Council appointed a few White Uniform Commanders to the PLANT General Staff. One known officer of the PLANT General Staff was Commander Yzak Joule of the Intelligence Division.

In C.E. 75, after Lacus left her post as Chairwoman of the PLANT Supreme Council to become the President of Compass, Walter de Lament became the new Chairman of the PLANT Supreme Council after succeeding Lacus.

Members

During C.E. 71, in the First Alliance-PLANT War, the council was made up the following:

Council Member	Colony Representing	Position	Political Faction	Academic Specialty
Ali Kasim	Januarius City	Legislative Committee Chair	Moderate	Microengineering
Tad Elsman	Februarius City	Administrative Committee Member	Moderate/Neutral/Radical	Biochemistry
Ezalia Joule	Martius City	National Defense Committee Member	Radical	Aerospace engineering
Siegel Clyne	Aprilius City	Supreme Council Chair	Moderate	Space Life Sciences
Yuri Amalfi	Maius City	National Defense Committee Member	Moderate/Radical	Mechanical Engineering
Louise Leitner	Junius City	Judicial Committee Chair	Radical	Agricultural Engineering
Jeremy Maxwell	Quintilis City	Legislative Committee Member	Radical	Chemistry
Orson White	Sextilis City	Administrative Committee Chair	Neutral/Radical	Particle Physics
Eileen Canaver	September City	Diplomatic Committee Chair	Moderate	Information Science
Herman Gould	October City	National Defense Committee Member	Radical	Political Science
Parnel Jesek	November City	Judicial Committee Member	Moderate/Neutral	Industrial Engineering
Patrick Zala	December City	National Defense Committee Chair	Radical	Space Navigation and Control

During C.E. 73, the council was made up the following:

Council Member	Position
Ali Kasim	Legislative Committee Chair
Neu Kazaefsky	Administrative Committee Member
Eduardo Lee	National Defense Committee Member
Gilbert Durandal	Supreme Council Chair
Alan Clarzec	National Defense Committee Member
Louise Leitner	Judicial Committee Chair
George Adaman	Legislative Committee Member
Orson White	Administrative Committee Chair
Christa Orberg	Diplomatic Committee Chair
Ricardo Orff	National Defense Committee Member
Parnel Jesek	Judicial Committee Member
Takao Schreiber	National Defense Committee Chair

Gallery

Anime

Supreme Council Members seated (On a Calm Day, Original)

Supreme Council Members seated (On a Calm Day, HD Remaster)

Appearances

Television Series

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
  • PHASE-01, False Peace
    • First Mentioned; Indirectly
  • PHASE-04, Silent Run
    • Mentioned Only; Indirectly
  • PHASE-05, Phase Shift Down
    • Mentioned only
  • PHASE-07, The Scar of Space
    • First Appearance
  • PHASE-08, The Songstress of The Enemy Forces
    • Mentioned only
  • PHASE-10, Crossroads
    • Mentioned only
  • PHASE-20, On a Calm Day
  • PHASE-32, In the Promised Land
  • PHASE-36, In the Name of Justice
    • Mentioned only
  • PHASE-41, Trembling World
    • Appears in a news report
  • PHASE-43, What Stands in the Way
    • Mentioned Only; Indirectly
  • PHASE-47, The Nightmare Reborn
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
  • PHASE-09, Bared Fangs
  • PHASE-10, A Father's Spell

OVAs and ONAs

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED After-Phase Between the Stars

References

PLANT Supreme Council Members (CE 71) File 01 (Official Gundam Fact File, Issue 66, Pg 28)

PLANT Supreme Council Members (CE 71) File 02 (Gundam Perfect Files, Issue 120, Pg 20)

PLANT Supreme Council Members (CE 73) File 01 (Official Gundam Fact File, Issue 122, Pg 28)

PLANT Supreme Council Members (CE 73) File 02 (Gundam Perfect Files, Issue 22, Pg 20)

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