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Hussein al-Houthi

1960 - 2004

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Hussein al-Houthi (20 August 1959 – 10 September 2004) was a Yemeni politician and Zaydi 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 in northern Yemen's mountainous regions. The Houthi movement took his name after his assassination in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hussein al-Houthi is the 9,241st most popular politician (up from 9,721st in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Yemen (up from 18th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Yemeni Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hussein al-Houthi ranks 9,241 out of 19,576. Before him are Alu Alkhanov, Brian Mulroney, John Hume, Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Yahya Khan, and Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei. After him are James IV of Majorca, Brutus of Troy, Mutnofret, Andries Pretorius, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, and Mohammed Ben Aarafa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Hussein al-Houthi ranks 114. Before him are Ersin Tatar, Laurent Fignon, Mauro Tassotti, Carlos Mozer, Didier Burkhalter, and Mohamed Bazoum. After him are Stefano Casiraghi, Steve Blum, Vince Clarke, Michael Hutchence, Bob Casey Jr., and Maurizio Cattelan. Among people deceased in 2004, Hussein al-Houthi ranks 107. Before him are Mercedes McCambridge, Walter Frentz, Artie Shaw, Vasili Mitrokhin, Carlos Lacoste, and Jerry Orbach. After him are Fay Wray, Laura Betti, Bill Pickering, José López Portillo y Pacheco, Anthony Steffen, and Michael Grant.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Hussein al-Houthi ranks 15 out of 35. Before him are Malik al-Ashtar (585), Rashad al-Alimi (1954), Tawakkol Karman (1979), Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869), Muhammad al-Badr (1926), and Wahb ibn Munabbih (655). After him are Ahmad bin Yahya (1891), Ali Nasir Muhammad (1940), Shoshana Damari (1923), Mohammed Basindawa (1935), Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939), and Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (1979).

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Among POLITICIANS In Yemen

Among politicians born in Yemen, Hussein al-Houthi ranks 7. Before him are Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947), Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (1945), Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (600), Rashad al-Alimi (1954), Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869), and Muhammad al-Badr (1926). After him are Ahmad bin Yahya (1891), Ali Nasir Muhammad (1940), Mohammed Basindawa (1935), Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939), Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (1979), and Ibrahim al-Hamdi (1943).

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