Ahmad Marvi
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Ahmad Marvi | |
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احمد مروی | |
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| Hojjat ol-Eslam Marvi[1][2][3][4] | |
| Custodian of the Astan Quds Razavi | |
| Assumed office 30 March 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Ebrahim Raisi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 (age 67–68) |
| Party | Combatant Clergy Association |
| Alma mater | |
Ahmad Marvi (Persian: احمد مروی) (born: 1958, Mashhad)[5][6][7] is an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric, former general and former police officer who was appointed the custodian of Astan Quds Razavi (Persian: آستان قدس رضوی) by the supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei.[8][9]
Before that, he was in charge of a department at the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran responsible for contacts and communications with religious seminaries;[citation needed] and likewise the chief of "Estehlal Headquarters" of the "supreme leader office".[6]
Marvi has studied fiqh/principles, and has a Ph.D. in "theology and Islamic education"; his teachers included Abolghasem Khazali, Hossein Waheed Khorasani and Mojtaba Tehrani.[10] Marvi who is also known as "Hojjatol-Eslam Marvi"[7][11][12] replaced Ebrahim Raisi[6][13] as the new chief custodian and trustee of the Astan Quds Razavi, (a charitable organization holding trusteeship of "Imam Reza shrine" in Mashhad) by order of Khamenei,[8] on 30 March 2019.[6][14]