
Hussein al-Houthi
Yemeni politician and religious leader (1959–2004)

Yemeni politician and religious leader (1959–2004)
Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi (20 August 1959 – 10 September 2004) was a Yemeni politician and religious leader who was the founder of the Houthi movement. A member of the Yemeni parliament for the Party of Truth between 1993 and 1997, he served as a key figure in the Houthi insurgency against the Yemeni government, beginning in 2004. Al-Houthi, who was a one-time rising political aspirant in Yemen, had wide religious and tribal backing from Zaydi Shia communities in northern Yemen's mountainous regions. Al-Houthi was killed by security forces in Saada Governorate in 2004.
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