Who is the prominent figure born in Dahyan?
Ali Saleh
Abdrabbuh Hadi
Badreddin al-Houthi
Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi
Answer
Badreddin al-Houthi (born 1979) is a Yemeni politician and leader of the Houthi movement. Born in Dahyan, he joined the Houthi movement in the 1990s and became a key leader in the 2011 Houthi uprising. After the uprising, al-Houthi was appointed Prime Minister of Yemen by President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi. However, he resigned from the post in 2014 after Houthi forces seized control of the capital, Sana'a.
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