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The Minister of/for Magic
Minister for Magic
Rufus Scrimgeour
1996-present
[Y16 - present]
Replaced Fudge as Minister shortly after
Voldemort's re-emergence on the
scene was publicly acknowledged.
Scrimgeour was previously
Head of the Aurors, and
Dumbledore noted that as such
Scrimgeour wouldn't take
Voldemort lightly. However,
Scrimgeour is willing to allow
someone like Stan Shunpike
to be arrested and imprisoned unjustly in order to appear to be making
some progress in the war against
Voldemort. He repeatedly tried
to get both Dumbledore and
Harry to make a show of supporting the
Ministry, but neither would do so when they use such tactics.
 Cornelius Oswald Fudge
1990 -
1996
[Y10 - Y16]
Cornelius Fudge was Minister for Magic
from 1990
[Y10] through June of
1996
[Y16]. He was elected
to the post in 1990
[Y10] after
Millicent Bagnold retired. At
first he "pelted Dumbledore
with owls"
(PS5) asking for advice, but
over the years he began to consider
Dumbledore more of a threat than
anything. He remembered how much popular support there was for the idea
of making Dumbledore the
Minister for Magic, even though
Dumbledore hadn't wanted the job.
Fudge came to love his position so much
that he turned a blind eye to the return of
Voldemort. It wasn't until
Fudge saw the
Dark Lord himself in June
of
1996
[Y16] that
Fudge publicly acknowledged that
Voldemort had in fact returned.
Shortly thereafter, Fudge was run out
of office because of the public outcry against him.
Previous Ministers for Magic
Before the Ministry was formed, the governing body was the Wizards' Council.
For more information about the Council and its Chiefs, see the
History
of the Ministry of Magic.
NOTE: In the British versions of the books, this
position is referred to as the Minister for Magic, while in the
U.S. editions it is called the Minister of Magic.
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