Mohammed al-Houthi
Mohammed al-Houthi | |
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محمد الحوثي | |
al-Houthi in 2023 | |
| Head of State of Yemen | |
| In office 6 February 2015 – 15 August 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Talal Aklan (Acting) |
| Deputy | Naef Ahmed al-Qanis |
| Preceded by | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (as President of Yemen) |
| Succeeded by | Saleh Ali al-Sammad (as Chairman of the Supreme Political Council) |
| President of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee of Yemen | |
| Assumed office 6 February 2015 | |
| President | Himself Saleh Ali al-Sammad Mahdi al-Mashat |
| Prime Minister | Talal Aklan (Acting) Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour Ahmed al-Rahawi Muhammad Ahmed Miftah |
| Deputy | Naef Ahmed al-Qanis |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Senior Member Supreme Political Council | |
| Assumed office 15 October 2020 | |
| President | Mahdi al-Mashat |
| Prime Minister | Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1979 (age 46–47) |
| Relations | Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (uncle) Hussein al-Houthi (uncle) Yahia al-Houthi (uncle) Badreddin al-Houthi (grandfather) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Houthi movement |
| Battles/wars | Houthi insurgency in Yemen Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) |
Mohammed al-Houthi (born 1979) is a Yemeni politician who was the former president of the Revolutionary Committee or Revolutionary Council, a body formed by Houthi militants and the de facto President of Yemen. He is one of the military field commanders who led the group's seizure of the Yemeni capital Sana’a in September 2014, and eventually became the de facto leader of Yemen after the Houthi takeover of the Yemeni government in 2015. He is a cousin of Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi, the group's leader.
According to the 6 February 2015 statement by a Houthi representative, the Revolutionary Committee is in charge of governing Yemen and forming a new parliament, which will then appoint a five-member presidential council. However, other reports indicated the committee itself would serve as the presidential council.
Al-Houthi has been described as a "former political prisoner".