Hussein al-Houthi

Badr al-Din al-Huthi (; –2010) was a Yemeni political and religious leader.
Ancestry and early life.
Badr al-Din was born in in Dahyan, Saada. He belonged to the Arab tribe of Huth.
He studied under the prominent scholar Majd al-Din al-Mu'yyadi.
Leadership of Zaydis.
In the 1970s–1980s, Badr al-Din gained scholarly reputation among the high-ranking clergy of Zaydi Shi'a in Yemen. (Salmoni, Loidolt, Wells 100).
Following the death of Husayn in September 2004, Badr al-Din briefly took over the leadership of the Huthis before transferring the office to his son Abd al-Malik.