A/HRC/45/6 E. 1. Armed Non-State Actors/Houthi De-Facto Authorities Political, Military and Security Main Actors Serial Name 1 Position Abdulmalik Badr al-Din Leader of the al-Houthi Houthis’142 Location Remarks Sana’a Political, no military rank ‫عبد الملك بدر الدين الحوثي‬ 2 Mahdi al-Mashat ‫مهدي المشاط‬ 3 Mohammed Ali Abdulkarim al-Houthi ‫محمد علي عبد الكريم الحوثي‬ 4 Major General Yahya Mohammed al-Shami President of Supreme Sana’a Political Council Promoted to marshal rank143 Member of the Supreme Political Council144 Military, no rank Sana’a 18 March 2019 Assistant of Supreme Sana’a Commander145 28 November 2016 Presidential Adviser for Defense and Security Former Chief of General Staff ‫لواء يحي محمد الشامي‬ 5 Major General Hussein Naji Hadi Khairan ‫لواء حسين ناجي هادي خيران‬ 6 Yahya Badr al-Din alHouthi Sana’a Minister of Education Sana’a April 2016 Minister of Finance Sana’a September 2019 Governor of the Central Bank Sana’a 18 April 2020 Minister of Transportation148 Sana’a 28 November 2016 Minister of Foreign Affairs Sana’a 28 November 2016 ‫يحي بدر الدين الحوثي‬ 7 Dr Rashid Aboud Shiryan Abu-Lahem146 ‫الدكتور رشيد عبود أبو لحوم‬ 8 Hashem Ismail Ali Ahmed147 ‫هاشم اسماعيل علي احمد‬ 9 Major General Zakaria Yahya al-Shami ‫لواء زكريا يحي الشامي‬ 10 Hisham Sharaf ‫هشام شرف‬ 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 38 United Nations Security Council, available at: https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/2140/materials/summaries/individual/abdulmalik-alhouthi. On 24 April 2019, the House of Representatives granted Mahdi Al-Mashat the rank of marshal. Available at: https://www.yemenipress.net/archives/143698. See: https://almasdaronline.com/articles/165447. See: https://ar-ar.facebook.com/ymmalshami/. SPC decree 41 of 2019. See: https://www.ansarollah.com/archives/229061. SPC Decree 6 (2020). Available at: http://althawrah.ye/archives/621176. Yemen government website, available at: http://www.yemen.gov.ye/portal/transport/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B 1/tabid/705/Default.aspx.