| Al-Houthi addressed the nation on in a late-night speech on 20 January 2015, after troops loyal to him the presidential palace and attacked the private residence of president in | 7bn worth of arms to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen since 2015 |
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| March 4, 2016, at the | He follows the branch of Shia Islam |
The uprising was called the Houthi Rebellion due to his leadership.
| Preceded by September 2004 — present Succeeded by - | Some sources state that he was born on 22 May 1979 |
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| His brothers and Abdul-Karim are also leaders of the group, as were his late brothers , Ibrahim, and Abdulkhalik | Personal life [ ] Al-Houthi was born in , northern , into the in 1982 |
The Yemeni government of president Ali Abdullah Saleh accused al-Houthi's group of trying to reestablish the "clerical imamate" , which al-Houthi denied.
13| March 4, 2016, at the• His father, , was a religious scholar of Yemen's minority Zaydi sect | Abdul-Malik Houthi is the leading figure in a revolution starting in the in northern Yemen, which has been continuing from 2004 to the present day |
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| A month later, revoked the designation of the trio as Specially Designated Global Terrorists | Abdul-Malik al-Houthi criticized the Yemeni government for maintaining a status quo in the country, which he said had plunged people into poverty, and accused the government of marginalizing the Zaidi community |
Hussein founded the Houthi movement to promote Zaidi thought, rise against the oppressors ruling Yemen, and to provide educational and social services.
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