Mahdi al-Mashat
Mahdi al-Mashat
Chairman of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen
Assumed office
25 April 2018*
Prime MinisterAbdel-Aziz bin Habtour
DeputyQassem Labozah
Sadeq Amin Abu Rass
Preceded bySaleh Ali al-Sammad
Personal details
Born1986
Saada Governorate, North Yemen
Military service
AllegianceHouthi movement
Rank Field marshal[1]
Battles/warsHouthi insurgency in Yemen
Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
*Mashat's term has been disputed by Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and Rashad al-Alimi.

Mahdi al-Mashat (Arabic: مهدي المشاط, romanized: Mahdī al-Mashshāṭ; born 1986[2]) is a Yemeni politician and military leader from the Houthi movement.

He hails from the remote hamlet Ould Nouar in the Ḥaydan district, Saada Governorate, an area where many northern Yemeni separatists come from. Since youth, he has been acquainted with one of the leaders of the Houthi rebellion, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, also a key figure in the Zaidi riots since 2004. They are not related. From 2014 on, al-Mashat was the director of al-Houthis office, his spokesman and representative in peace talks with the United Nations, among other posts.[3][4][5]

In November 2013, he participated in an attack on the town of Dammaj in Saada. From May 2016, he was a member of the Supreme Political Council and was considered a representative of the hawkish faction. He participated in talks with the Chinese authorities in September 2016.[6]

On 19 April 2018, he became Chairman of the Supreme Political Council, after the assassination of Saleh Ali al-Sammad.[5] He is considered chief of the separatist political authorities of northern Yemen, while al-Houthi is head of the movement.[7]

In July 2021, the Supreme Political Council prolonged his tenure for three more terms.[8]

In April 2023, he promised to form a committee to investigate the Sanaa stampede.[9] Also in April, he met with a Saudi Arabian delegation.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Parliament elevates president al-Mashat to field marshal rank". 24 April 2019. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "السيرة الذاتية للرئيس مهدي المشاط‎". سبأنت - وكالة سبأ. 3 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Saddam.Alkamali. "مهدي المشاط... خليفة الصماد من "الصقور" والدائرة الضيقة للحوثي". www.alaraby.co.uk/ (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Top Houthi political leader killed in Saudi coalition air strike". Middle East Eye. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Key Houthi official killed in Yemen". BBC. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "مهدي المشاط الواجهة السياسية الجديدة للحوثيين". BBC News عربي (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Countries YZ". rulers.org. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "SPC extends President Al-Mashat's presidency for 3 new terms". SABA. 17 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "85 Killed, Hundreds Injured In Stampede During Yemen Charity Event: Report". Agence France Press. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  10. ↑ Keilberth, Mirco (12 April 2023). "Mann der Geheimnisse: Huthi-Kommandeur Mahdi Al-Mashat im Jemen". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2023.


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