Ministry of Magic and the Wizard's Council

Ignatius Tuft • Character Ignatius Tuft was Minister for Magic from 1959 to 1962. He succeeded his mother, Wilhelmina, in the office by capitalizing on her popularity following her untimely death. He was forced to resign after promising to institute a controversial Dementor breeding program. Read More

Ignatius Tuft's controversial plan to breed Dementors results in his being forced out of office • Event Tuft steps down when his hard-line policies are deemed to be unacceptable. Read More

Ignatius Tuft takes over as Minister for Magic • Event He replaces his mother, Wilhemina Tuft, who died in office of a severe allergic reaction to alihotsy-floavored fudge. Read More

The Ilfracombe Incident • Event A rogue Welsh Green dragon descends on a beach full of Muggle holidaymakers (FB). Tilly Toke and her family happen to be there (FW), and her family casts the largest Mass Memory Charm of this century on all the Muggles of Ilfracombe. She is later awarded the Order of Merlin… Read More

Improper Use of Magic Office • Ministry of Magic The Improper Use of Magic Office is a division of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement in the Ministry of Magic. The office deals with incidents of magic being used inappropriately, particularly in cases where Muggles are involved. The offices are located on Level Two of Ministry headquarters (OP7). Read More

Improper Use of Magic Office: Not the only office for improper use of magic? • Article

Posted April 22, 2018 by Ninclow in Canon discussion / Essays

As any fan of the franchise worth their salt can tell you if asked, the biggest and most important responsibility of the fictional Ministry of Magic in J. K. Rowling’s universe is to make sure people like you and me (Muggles) remain blissfully ignorant of the continued existence… Read More

The Infiltration of the Ministry • Event Harry, Ron, and Hermione use Polyjuice Potion to impersonate Ministry Employees (DH12). They recover a Horcrux and make a narrow escape (DH13). Read More

fire talking — "initiated with Floo Powder" • Magical effects Effect: communication between fires Using Floo Powder in a fire connected to the Floo Network, a person can communicate with another over distance. The head of the person making contact appears in the midst of the flames and they can hold a conversation and even interact physically with the person… Read More

International Ban on Duelling • Rules and laws Percy Weasley hoped the Transylvanian wizards would sign on to the International Ban on Duelling, which seems to have been accepted by the Ministry of Magic in 1994 (GF23). Read More

The International Code of Wizarding Secrecy is amended • Event Clause 73 is added to the code, making it the responsibility of each nation’s Ministry of Magic to work to conceal the magical creatures living within their borders. The text of the Clause reads as follows: Each wizarding governing body will be responsible for the concealment, care, and control of… Read More

International Confederation of Wizards (I.C.W.) • Organizations The International Confederation of Wizards (ICW) is a wizarding intergovernmental organisation, equivalent to the Muggle United Nations (JKR:Tw). Organisation The leader of the International Confederation of Wizards is called the Supreme Mugwump. The first Supreme Mugwump was Pierre Bonaccord (OP31). Other holders of the office were Albus… Read More

International Confederation of Wizards conference • Event

International Magical Governments • Wizarding culture International Magical Governments are found worldwide. Other countries have similar governing bodies to Great Britain. Bulgaria, for example, has its own Ministry of Magic, the Minister of which, Mr. Oblansk, sat in the Top Box to watch the World Cup Final in 1994 (GF8). There is also a Ministry of Magic in Norway (QA3) and several… Read More

International Statute of Secrecy • Rules and laws The International Statute of Secrecy is a wizarding law which was instituted in 1689 (TBB/WHP) and put fully into effect in 1692 (JKR/W3) in order to hide the existence of witches and wizards from the Muggles who persecuted them. This law was at least in part a direct outcome of the… Read More

The International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy goes into effect • Event A summit meeting of the International Confederation of Wizards takes place. The discussion about magical creatures lasts seven weeks and includes delegations of goblins, centaurs, and merpeople. The result of this summit is the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, which effectively hid the Wizarding community away from the Muggles (Pm). Read More

International Wizarding Order of Merit • Awards The International Wizarding Order of Merit was awarded to Ivan Popa of Romania following the Attack of the Killer Forest at the Quidditch World Cup final of 1809 (Pm). Popa worked to save lives of participants and spectators at the tournament after his teammate Niko… Read More

International wizardry • Wizarding culture International wizardry covers the management of magic, Witches and Wizards worldwide. Meetings of the International Confederation of Wizards (ICW) take responsibility for overseeing this. Countries in the Wizarding world each have their own magical government system running side-by-side to the local Muggle government. Since the passage of the International Statute… Read More

Invisibility Task-force • Ministry of Magic A group or division in the Ministry of Magic (DP1)… Read More