Abdul-Malik al-Huthi

Abdul-Malik al-Huthi

Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Huthi ( Arabic عبد الملك الحوثي, DMG ʿAbd al-Malik al-Ḥūṯī ; * May 22, 1979 in Sa'da Governorate ) is a Yemeni politician who functions as the leader of the Ansar Allah (Houthis) revolutionary movement . His brothers Yahia Badreddin al-Huthi and Abdul-Karim Badreddin al-Huthi are also leaders of the group, as is his late brother Hussein Badreddin al-Huthi . He is one of the leading figures in an uprising that began in the Sa'dah region in northern Yemen and has continued from 2004 to the present day. The uprising has been referred to as the Houthi conflict because of the leadership of his family .

Life

Al-Houthi was born in 1979 in North Yemen as a member of the al-Houthi tribe. His father Badreddin al-Huthi was a cleric of the Yemeni Zaidite minority . Abdul-Malik al-Huthi was the youngest of eight brothers. His older brother, Hussein Badreddin al-Huthi, was politically active and a member of the Yemeni parliament as well as a prominent critic of the former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh . Hussein founded the Ansar Allah movement to promote the interests of the Zaidis, to rise up against the oppression prevailing in Yemen and to set up educational and social services. After Hussein al-Huthi was killed in 2004, Abdul-Malik took control of the movement as his successor.

He was reportedly seriously injured in an air strike in December 2009, a claim that was denied by a spokesman. On December 26, 2009, two days after a heavy air strike by the Saudi Air Force, it was alleged that Al-Houthi was killed. However, this was refuted by the Houthis as they subsequently posted videos showing that he was still alive.

Al-Houthi spoke on Yemeni television in a late evening speech on January 20, 2015, after loyal militias occupied the presidential palace and attacked the private residence of President Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi in Sanaa . He called on Hadi to carry out reforms to give the Houthi movement more influence over the government. Although Hadi was initially reported to have given in to al-Houthi's demands, the president resigned on January 22, declaring that the political process had "reached an impasse". The UN Security Council then imposed sanctions on al-Houthi.

According to reports, the Houthi under his leadership are said to have established a theocratic state modeled on Iran in the areas they occupied.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ALBAWABA NEWS: Abdul Malik Al Houthi: The Shiite Thorn on Yemen's side. May 18, 2015, accessed February 10, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Abdel-Malek al-Houthi: from shadow rebel leader to kingmaker. Retrieved February 10, 2020 . 
3. ↑ In a slip of the tongue ... Abdul-Malik al-Houthi confirmed dead. February 10, 2013, accessed February 10, 2020 . 
4. ^ Yemen president quits, throwing country deeper into chaos . In: Reuters . January 22, 2015 ( reuters.com [accessed February 10, 2020]).
5. ↑ Jordan: UN Security Council to review position on Yemen next week. April 22, 2015, accessed February 10, 2020 (UK English). 
6. ^ The Houthi model of government . In: The Economist . ISSN  0013-0613 ( economist.com [accessed February 10, 2020]).