Subalgebras of Lie algebras with non-degenerate restriction of the Killing form

Abstract

Let $\mf{g}$ be any finite-dimensional Lie algebra with Killling form $B$. Let $\mf{h}$ be a subalgebra of $\mf{g}$ on which the Killing form is non degenerate. Then $\mf{h}$ is reductive.