Following Ahmed al-Rahawi’s death in an Israeli airstrike, Mohammed Ahmed Muftah, a senior Houthi figure, was appointed acting Prime Minister/Image: X

After Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sana’a, the Houthi militia appointed Mohammed Ahmed Muftah as the acting Prime Minister, signaling a shift toward stronger hardline leadership within the group.

New leadership following airstrike

The Houthis announced the appointment of Mohammed Ahmed Muftah as acting Prime Minister after the death of Ahmed al-Rahawi, who died in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Yemeni capital, Sana’a. The announcement came from Houthi President Mahdi Al-Mashat, confirming Muftah’s promotion from First Deputy Prime Minister to head of the group’s government.

Profile of Mohammed Ahmed Muftah

Born in 1967 in Sana’a’s Al-Haymah district, Mohammed Ahmed Muftah is a key religious and ideological leader within the Houthi movement. He began his career as a preacher and religious teacher in mosques and quickly became known for promoting a strict, hardline message aligned with the group’s principles.Muftah studied under influential clerics, including Badr al-Din al-Houthi, and actively participated in lectures and summer programs aimed at spreading the movement’s ideology among young people. During the Sa’ada wars, Muftah was arrested for supporting the Houthis. Later, he joined the Supreme Revolutionary Committee established after the group’s takeover of Sana’a and helped establish the al-Ummah Party, which aligns politically with the Houthis.