Supreme Political Council
Houthi executive body
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| August 30 2025 | The Houthis confirmed the assassination of their Prime Minister and other government officials, and immediately appointed Mohammed Ahmed Miftah as the new Prime Minister of the SPC. |
| August 28 2025 | Israeli airstrikes killed Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several other ministers, leading to a change in government leadership. |
| August 28 2025 | Israel launched Operation Lucky Drop, assassinating the Prime Minister and other government officials of the SPC, allegedly including the SPC's General Chief of Staff and Defense Minister. |
| August 2024 | A Presidential resolution appointed Ahmad al-Rahawi as the head of the new 'Government of Change and Construction' (GCC). |
| August 2024 | House of Representatives in Sanaa approved the new cabinet and called for a 36-point 'general program'. |
| August 18 2024 | The House of Representatives in San'aa gives confidence to the new government and calls on it to follow a 36-point 'general program'. |
| August 12 2024 | The composition of the new government is announced, with multiple ministerial appointments made. |
| August 10 2024 | Ahmed al-Rahawi appointed as Prime Minister by President Mahdi al-Mashat, forming the 'Government of Change and Construction'. |
| October 2023 | Syria expelled representatives of the National Salvation government from the Yemeni embassy in Damascus, ending diplomatic relations. |
| September 2023 | The National Salvation Government (NSG) was dismissed and replaced by a caretaker administration led by Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour. |
| September 27 2023 | The National Salvation Government is dismissed and replaced by a caretaker government, with Habtour continuing as caretaker prime minister. |
| March 2021 | The National Salvation government's Ambassador in Damascus met with the Abkhaz Ambassador to Syria. |
| December 2020 | The United States sanctioned the Iranian Ambassador to Sanaa. |
| October 2020 | Iran appointed an Ambassador to Sanaa. |
| October 27 2020 | Minister of Youth and Sport Hassan Mohammed Zaid is shot dead by unknown gunmen in Sanaa. |
| August 2020 | The National Salvation government appointed an Ambassador to Damascus, Syria. |
| January 2020 | Hisham Sharaf Abdullah called China a 'friendly government' according to Saba News Agency. |
| August 2019 | The Houthis placed an ambassador to Iran, marking their international diplomatic recognition. |
| August 2019 | The Houthis placed an ambassador to Iran, marking diplomatic recognition. |
| April 19 2018 | Saleh Ali al-Sammad was killed in a drone strike, and chairmanship of the SPC passed to Mahdi al-Mashat. |
| April 19 2018 | Saleh Ali al-Sammad was killed in a drone strike, after which Mahdi al-Mashat became the Chairman of the SPC. |
| 2017 | Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf Abdullah met with the chargés d'affaires of the Russian and Syrian Embassies in Sanaa. |
| 2016 | A National Salvation government official invited North Korean diplomats to Damascus. |
| 2016 | A delegation of the National Salvation government visited Russia and met with the Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. |
| November 28 2016 | A new cabinet is formed, composed exclusively of members from the pro-Saleh GPC and Ansarullah Movement. |
| October 4 2016 | Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour forms his initial cabinet, which includes members of the Southern Movement. |
| October 2 2016 | Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour appointed as prime minister by the Houthis, marking the formation of the National Salvation Government. |
| August 15 2016 | The Supreme Revolutionary Committee (SRC) formally handed power to the Supreme Political Council. |
| August 14 2016 | Members of the Supreme Political Council were sworn in. |
| August 14 2016 | Members of the Supreme Political Council were sworn in officially. |
| July 28 2016 | The Supreme Political Council (SPC) was formed with an initial ten members, headed by Saleh Ali al-Sammad as president and Qassem Labozah as vice-president. |
| 2015 | Diplomatic relations established with Syria (lasting until 2023). |
| 2015 | The Wall Street Journal reported that the National Salvation government would seek diplomatic contacts with China, Iran, and Russia. |
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