Ahmad Marvi | |
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Hujjat al-Islam 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 65–66) Mashhad, Khorasan Province, Imperial State of Iran |
Political 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 as the custodian of Astan Quds Razavi (Persian: آستان قدس رضوی) by the supreme leader of Iran, Seyyed 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 "Hujjatul-Islam 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]