Badreddin al-Houthi (3 November 1926 – c. 25 November 2010) was a Yemeni cleric and politician. A Zaydi Shia religious leader, he was one of the founders of the Party of Truth in Yemen and the spiritual leader of the Houthis.
He was also the father of the founder of the Houthi movement, Hussein al-Houthi, and the father of the organization's current leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi.
Biography He was born in Dahyan, Saada. He is one of the founders of the Party of Truth in Yemen and the spiritual leader of the Houthi movement. Upon the death of his son Hussein in 2004, he briefly took over the leadership of the Houthi movement.
In 2010, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula announced that it targeted his convoy on Eid al-Ghadir with a car bomb between Saada and al-Jawf on November 24, 2010. A day later, the Houthis announced that he died at the age of 84 as a result of complications related to asthma
Personal life Badreddin al-Houthi had around 7 known sons, namely Hussein, Abdul Malik, Yahia, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Abdul Khaliq and Abdul Karim.
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