Yusuf al-Madani

Major general
Yusuf al-Madani
Major general Yusuf al-Madani
يوسف المداني
Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces; disputed by Sagheer Hamoud Aziz (Presidential Leadership Council)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 October 2025
Appointed by	Mahdi al-Mashat
President	Mahdi al-Mashat
Prime Minister	Muhammad Ahmed Miftah
Preceded by	Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari
Personal details
Born	Yusuf Hassan Ismail Al-Madani; 1977 (age 48–49); Abu Dawar, Mustaba district, Hajjah Governorate, North Yemen
Nickname	Abu Husayn (kunya)
Military service
Allegiance	Yemen (de facto under Supreme Political Council)
Branch/service	Yemeni Armed Forces (SPC); Houthis
Years of service	c. 2002–present
Rank	Major general
Battles/wars	Houthi insurgency Battle of Amran; ; Yemeni civil war Battle of Sanaa (2014); Al Hudaydah offensive; Marib campaign; ; Red Sea crisis Houthi attacks on commercial vessels; ;

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Yusuf al-Madani (Arabic: يوسف المداني; born 1977) is a Yemeni militant who is the current chief of staff of the Houthi-led faction of the Yemeni Armed Forces. He is the brother-in-law of Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, and previously commanded the group's Fifth Regional Corps, which oversaw Yemen's Red Sea coastline. He has faced sanctions by the United Nations and various countries over his role in the Yemeni civil war.

A veteran Houthi commander, he has been involved in wars against the Yemeni government since the outbreak of the Houthi insurgency. He is a liaison between the Houthis and Iran and Hezbollah, having held close ties to the Iranian Quds Force leader Qasem Soleimani. He is seen as a possible successor to al-Houthi as leader of the Houthi group.