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YE flag Yemen Minister

Mohammed Ali al-Houthi

محمد علي الحوثي
Minister Unverified

Member of the Houthi Supreme Political Council; cousin of Abdul-Malik al-Houthi. Public face of the Sanaa-based authority on diplomatic and media matters.

Country
Yemen
Party
Ansar Allah (Houthis)
Role
Minister

Inherited position

Until Mohammed Ali al-Houthi is scored from their own documents, this page shows their party's compass position. Where individuals visibly diverge from the party line, the gap is noted in the description above; quantifying it is what per-individual document scoring will add.

In Yemen (via Ansar Allah (Houthis))
-10 -10 -5 -5 5 5 10 10 Libertarian · Statist Libertarian · Market Authority · Statist Authority · Market 1 parties 2 parties 2 parties nationalist-arab centroid · 2 parties ← Statist Market → Libertarian ↑ ↓ Authority Social ↕ Economic ↔ Southern Transitional Council (YE) · in government · Economic +3.5, Social -2.0 YE Southern Transitional Council Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah) (YE) · in government · Economic +2.5, Social -7.0 YE Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah) Yemeni Socialist Party (YE) · Economic -6.0, Social +5.0 YE Yemeni Socialist Party Ansar Allah (Houthis) (YE) · in government · Economic -6.0, Social -8.0 YE Ansar Allah (Houthis) General People's Congress (YE) · Economic -2.0, Social -4.0 YE General People's Congress
Ansar Allah (Houthis)'s spider profile
Economic → Market Social → Libertarian State & religion → Secular state Liberal democracy → Strong commitment West alignment → Pro-Western Regional stance → Stability/normalization Palestinian question → Pro-Palestinian rights Civil liberties → Expand Regime stance → pro-regime Pan-Arab vs particularist → pan-Arab Centralism vs federalism → federalist Traditionalism vs modernization → modernizing Gender equality → Gender equality Iran posture → Pro-Iran / aligned Press freedom → Free press Sectarian power-sharing → Post-sectarian / civic state
Ansar Allah (Houthis)

Other politicians in Ansar Allah (Houthis)

Politicians who share this party affiliation. Active in-government figures appear first; historical figures (dimmed) at the end. All affiliated →

How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default 
Gara, T. (2026). Mohammed Ali al-Houthi [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/mohammed-ali-al-houthi
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals 
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Mohammed Ali al-Houthi." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/mohammed-ali-al-houthi.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers 
@misc{tayyar-mohammed-ali-al-houthi,
  title     = {{Mohammed Ali al-Houthi}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Politician profile},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/mohammed-ali-al-houthi},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint 
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint 
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.