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Departments
There are seven departments in the Ministry, with the
Department of Magical Law Enforcement being
the largest and all others more or less answering to it (except the
Department of Mysteries)
(FB).
Each Department has a level of
Ministry Headquarters
assigned to it, although Law Enforcement has not only level two but also
the courtrooms of level ten (OP7).
Several departments
are mentioned in early canon which do not fit the hierarchy of the Ministry
as detailed in later books. Possibly they went through a reorganization
early in Fudge's administration.
Department of Magical Games and Sports
Head:
Bagman, Ludo
1995
[Y15]
Other Personnel:
Main Offices: level seven of Ministry of Magic
Headquarters (OP7)
Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes
(a.k.a. Department of Magical Catastrophes)
Head: unknown
Other Personnel:
Main Offices: level three of Ministry of Magic
Headquarters (OP7)
Accidental Magic Reversal Squad
also referred to as the Accidental Magic Reversal Department in earlier
editions of the book
Invisibility Task Force
Although not specifically stated as being in this department, it seems
logical, since this group casts various forms of invisibility magic to
hide magical places and creatures from Muggle eyes
(DP).
Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee
Obliviator Headquarters
Department of International Magical Cooperation
Head:
Barty Crouch senior (until
1995
[Y15])
Other Personnel:
Main Offices: level five of Ministry of Magic
Headquarters (OP7)
work with magical governments of other countries
sets standards for trade
creates regulations for things like cauldron thickness
worked with Department of Magical Games and Sports on the
Triwizard Tournament
International Confederation of Wizards, British Seats
International Magical Office of Law
International Magical Trading Standards Body
Department of Magical
Law Enforcement
Head: Amelia Bones until
July 1996
[Y16]
Other Personnel:
Main Offices:
level
two of Ministry of Magic Headquarters (OP7)
Aurors
Improper Use of Magic Office
Magical Law Enforcement Squad
employs Hit Wizards to handle dangerous criminals such as
Sirius Black
(PA11)
Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
Office for the Detection and Confiscation of
Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects
Head: Arthur Weasley with a staff of ten
office created by incoming Minister of Magic Scrimgeour
July 1996
[Y16]
in response to the influx of counterfeit objects begin sold to supposedly
protect people
Wizengamot
and Wizengamot Administration Services
Council of Magical Law
The high Wizard court of law, held in a dungeon; the accused
is magically bound to a chair in the center of the room. A jury sits on
the right of the prosecutor who states the case against the accused and
eventually asks for a verdict. The courtrooms are located on the tenth
level of the Ministry of Magic; during the Voldemort years, prisoners are
escorted and guarded by groups of Dementors (GF30).
The members of the Wizengamot, of which there are about fifty, wear plum-covered
robes with elaborate silver initials on them (the letter 'W').
Magical Equipment Control
issued a warning about substandard wands being sold by a street peddler
named "Honest Willy" Wagstaff (DP)
the department is uncertain, especially since this group is called the
Department of Magical Equipment Control, a misnomer no doubt resulting
from the fact that this was written in 1998, three years before
FB (which
for the first time listed the various departments of the Ministry of Magic).
A similar error occurs in the books themselves, where a Accidental Magic
Reversal Department is mentioned, although no such department exists (DP).
Department of Magical Transportation
(GF6)
Head: unknown
Other Personnel:
Basil, worked the Portkey terminus for the World Cup
(GF7)
Madam Edgecombe, Floo Regulation
Main Offices: level six of Ministry of Magic
Headquarters (OP7)
Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures
(GF6,
FB)
Head: unknown
Other Personnel:
Main Offices: level four of Ministry of Magic
Headquarters (OP7)
Department of Mysteries
Head: unknown
Other Personnel:
Bode "Unspeakable" (GF7)
(deceased
January 1996
[Y16]
(OP25)
Croaker: "Unspeakable" (GF7)
Augustus Rookwood: spied for Voldemort (c. 1980 Y0)
(GF30)
Main Offices: level nine of Ministry of Magic
Headquarters (OP7)
corridor: bare walls, no windows or doors except a plain black door
set at the end of the corridor (OP7)
opening at the end of the corridor near the door, opens to the left,
down a flight of steps to the Wizengamot court chamber
(OP7,
OP8)
Miscellaneous Committees etc.
for which we don't know the department
Committee On Experimental Charms
Personnel: Gilbert Wimple
(CS3,
GF7)
Founded by Balfour Blane, who lived in the late 1500s-early 1600s.
Wizarding Examinations Authority
Personnel: headed by Griselda Marchbanks, includes Professor Tofty
Not sure if this is actually a Ministry organization, but since the
Ministry clearly holds authority over
Hogwarts it seems likely that
this body is part of the Ministry of Magic. They administer the
O.W.L. and
N.E.W.T
exams for students which are given in June every year. Members travel to
Hogwarts and test individual
students for the practical examinations. The theory portion of the
O.W.L. test
is proctored by
Hogwarts staff members
(Flitwick administered the
Defence Against the Dark Arts
exam twenty years ago, while McGonagall
proctored the Charms
O.W.L. for
Harry's class).
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