Mohammed Ali al-Houthi
| Mohammed Ali al-Houthi محمد علي الحوثي |
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| President of the Revolutionary Committee of Yemen | |
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In office 6 February 2015 – 15 August 2016* |
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| Prime Minister | Talal Aklan (Acting) |
| Deputy | Naef Ahmed al-Qanis |
| Preceded by | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (President) |
| Succeeded by | Saleh Ali al-Sammad (Head of the Supreme Political Council) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1979 (age 37–38) Sa'dah, Yemen |
| Religion | Zaydi Shia Islam |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Houthis |
| Battles/wars | Houthi insurgency in Yemen |
| *Houthi's term has been disputed by Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. | |
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi (Arabic: محمد علي الحوثي) (born 1979) is a Yemeni political figure who is former President of the Revolutionary Committee or Revolutionary Council, a body formed by Houthi militants. He was 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 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".
Mahmoud Al-Junaid was named as director of the presidential office on 9 February 2015, although he declined to confirm to the Yemen Times whether he was working for them.
The newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported on 19 February that al-Houthi had been sacked over the lack of an agreement among Yemen's political factions to support the Houthis' transitional authority, but a senior Houthi leader denied that he had been dismissed. The next day, Reuters and other news outlets reported that UN-led negotiations had produced a tentative agreement regarding the Yemeni parliament, but it did not address the political dispute over the presidency.
On 21 March, al-Houthi spoke at a meeting of the Revolutionary Committee, giving an address in which he said Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi's term of office legally ended on 21 February 2015 and his legitimacy had expired. He criticised foreign governments for continuing to back Hadi, accusing them of "blatant interference" in Yemeni affairs.
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