A/HRC/42/17 4. De facto authorities a. Political and Military Main Actors Serial Name Position Location 1 Abdulmalik Badr al-Din al-Houthi Leader of the Houthis97 Sana’a 2 Mohammed Ali Abdulkarim al-Houthi Member of the Supreme Political Council98 Sana’a Military, no rank 18 March 2019 3 Mahdi al-Mashat President of Supreme Political Council Sana’a Promoted to marshal rank99 4 Major General Yahya Mohammed al-Shami Assistant of supreme commander100 Sana’a 28 November 2016 5 Abdulkarim Ammer Aldain al-Houthi101 Minister of interior Sana’a 5 May 2019 6 Yahya Badr al-Din alHouthi Minister of education Sana’a April 2016 7 Major General Mohammed Nasser alAtifi Minister of defense Sana’a Previously missiles group commander102 8 Major General Zakaria Yahya al-Shami Deputy chief of staff103 Sana’a On 28 November 2016 appointed as minister of transportation104 9 Major General Mohammed Abdulkarim al-Ghumari Chief of general staff Sana’a 13 December 2016 10 Major General Ali Hamud al-Mushki Deputy head general staff105 Sana’a 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 Date Assumed Role/Remarks Political, no military rank https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/2140/materials/summaries/individual/abdulmalik-alhouthi. https://almasdaronline.com/articles/165447. https://www.yemenipress.net/archives/143698. https://ar-ar.facebook.com/ymmalshami/. http://en.althawranews.net/2019/05/president-al-mashat-appoints-minister-of-interior/. https://www.yamanyoon.com/?p=55797. S/2017/81. http://www.yemen.gov.ye/portal/transport/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D9 %8A%D8%B1/tabid/705/Default.aspx. S/2018/68; S/2019/83. 31