Degwin Sodo Zabi is a character that appears in the TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam. He was the absolute dictator of the Principality of Zeon during the One Year War.

He was instrumental in establishing the Republic of Zeon with his ally Zeon Zum Deikun. Degwin was Zeon's chief of staff and claimed that on his deathbed, Zeon, with his dying words, declared Degwin his successor. Degwin Zabi is suspected by most to have a hand in the sudden death of Zeon Deikun, although nothing concrete has ever been uncovered.

Gihren, Degwin's eldest son, initiated a purge of Deikun loyalists, while Degwin Sodo Zabi declared Side 3 colony the Principality of Zeon and himself as Sovereign. However, as time passed, he began to feel a sense of emptiness, and at the outbreak of the One Year War, he handed over all power to his children and became politically retired. Degwin is also consumed by the intrafamilial feuding between his ambitious children, most notably Gihren and his daughter Kycilia. Also, Degwin never recovers from the death of his youngest and most spoiled son, Garma. He falls into a depression since Garma was his favorite child, and leaves most of the day to day operations to Gihren.