Ahmad Marvi (; born 1958, Mashhad) is an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric, former general and former police officer who was appointed the custodian of the Astan Quds Razavi by the former Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei.
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; and likewise the chief of "Estehlal Headquarters" of the "supreme leader office".
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. Marvi who is also known as "Hojjatol-Eslam Marvi" replaced Ebrahim Raisi 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, on 30 March 2019.
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External links Ayatollah Khamenei appointed Sheikh Ahmad Marvi as the custodian of Astan Quds Razavi