Back حسين بدر الدين الحوثي Arabic Hüseyn əl-Husi Azerbaijani হুসাইন বদর উদ্দিন আল-হুসি Bengali/Bangla حوسێن بەدرەددین حووسی CKB Hussein Badreddin al-Huthi German Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi Spanish حسین حوثی Persian Hussein Badr al-Din al-Huthi Finnish Hussein Badreddine al-Houthi French חוסיין בדר א-דין אל-חות'י HE
Hussein al-Houthi | |
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حسين الحوثي | |
| Born | 20 August 1959 |
| Died | 10 September 2004 (aged 45) Saada Governorate, Yemen |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Known for | Founding father of the Houthi movement |
| Father | Badreddin al-Houthi |
| Relatives | Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (brother) Yahia al-Houthi (brother) Mohammed al-Houthi (cousin) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Houthis |
| Years of service | 2004 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles / wars | Houthi insurgency in Yemen |
Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi (also spelled Hussein Badr Eddin al-Houthi, or Hussein Badr al-Din al-Houthi; Arabic: حسين بدر الدين الحوثي; 20 August 1959 – 10 September 2004) was a Yemeni Zaidi religious, political and military leader, as well as former member of the Yemeni parliament for the Party of Truth between 1993 and 1997. He was instrumental in the Houthi insurgency against the Yemeni government, which began in 2004. Al-Houthi, who was a one-time rising political aspirant in Yemen, had wide religious and tribal backing in northern Yemen's mountainous regions. The Houthi movement took his name after his assassination in 2004.