Ahmed al-Rahawi

Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi is a Yemeni politician who is the current prime minister of the Houthi-led government serving since 10 August 2024. He is a member of the General People's Congress party and has previously served on the Supreme Political Council.

Al-Rahawi is from Khanfar, Abyan Governorate, Yemen, and is a member of the Al-Rahawi tribe. His father, Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi, was a political figure who was assassinated in the 1970s. Al-Rahawi became active in politics himself, serving several high-level local positions from 2000 to 2015 including director general and chairman of the Local Council of Khanfar District, Deputy Governor of Al Mahwit Governorate and Deputy Governor of Abyan Governorate.^[1]

Al-Rahawi has been the subject of several assassination attempts, with several family members being injured, and in 2015, Al-Qaeda blew up his only house, in Ba Tays.^[2] Afterwards, he moved to the capital of Yemen, Sanaa.^[1] He later became the governor of Abyan Governorate and in 2019, he was appointed to the Houthi-led Supreme Political Council, which is the executive body for the Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen.^[1]

Al-Rahawi is a member of the General People's Congress party and is a member of the party's Central Committee.^[3] On 10 August 2024, al-Rahawi was named the Prime Minister of Yemen by the Supreme Political Council, succeeding Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour. He became the Prime Minister as the government was reorganized into what was called the "Government of Change and Construction," announced shortly after his appointment.^[4]