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Yahia Badreddin al-Houthi

Politician · Sanction-linked entity

Yahia Badreddin al-Houthi is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Yahia Badreddin al-Houthi · Ягія аль-Гусі · Яхья Аль-Хути · יחיא באדר אדין אל-חות'י · يحيى بدر الدين الحوثي · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	Yahia Badreddin al-Houthi · Ягія Бадреддін аль-Гусі · Яхья Аль-Хути · يحيى بدر الدين الحوثي · یحیی بدرالدین حوثی				[sources]
Weak alias	ヤヒヤ・バドルッディーン・フーシ				[sources]
Birth date	1961-12-01 · 1965				[sources]
Place of birth	Ar Ruways				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Yemen				[sources]
Country	Yemen				[sources]
Citizenship	Yemen				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Yahya				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4539761				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2003-) · Minister of Education (2016-) · member of Yemeni House of Representatives (2003-)				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Houthi leader (born 1961)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-02-12

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,914

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,039

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,207

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Graph-based entity tagging80,999

Automatically generated graph-based topic annotations

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,778

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Hussein al-Houthi Politician	sibling	-	-
Abd al-Khaliq al-Huthi Export controlled · Sanctioned entity	sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of Yemeni House of Representatives	2003-04-27	-