The Ministry of Magic is the governmental authority of the Wizarding World in Britain. ait is located in London. The basic purpose of the Ministry is to keep the Muggles from finding out about the magical world. It is a huge burocracy with all the normal pitfalls of government.
Visitor's entrance -A visitor to the Ministry of Magic comes to a broken-down red telephone box located on a dingy street which has several shabby offices, a pub, and a wall covered with graffitti. When the telephone in the box is dialed (62442, the word M-A-G-I-C), the welcome witch's voice answers, not from the phone but from the air as if the person is standing right there. Visitors must state their business, upon which a silver badge pops out with the visitor's name and purpose of visit. Then the telephone box drops down like a lift for about one minute, after which the visitor is in the Atrium.
Level 8- the Atrium possible location of the atrium, not sure.
The Atrium is a large hall with fireplaces up and down both long walls. Down the left-hand side of the hall are gilded fireplaces which witches and wizards can use to arrive at the Ministry. The right-hand side contains gilded fireplaces as well, and these are used for departures. The floor is polished dark wood. The ceiling is peacock blue with golden symbols moving across it. The Fountain of Magical Brethren lies halfway down the Atrium. A group of golden statues, containing a wizard, a witch, a centaur, a goblin, and a house-elf, spout water into the surrounding pool of water. At the end of the Atrium is a set of golden gates, next to which is a security stand. Eric Munch is usually on duty here. He registers the wands of visitors. Another smaller hall is beyond the gates and here there is a series of lifts (elevators).
The Atrium is apparently Level Eight. The elevators provide access to the other floors, except the tenth.
Level 7-Department of Magical Games and Sports,incorporating the British and Irish Quidditch League Headquarteres, Offical Gobstones Club, and Ludicrous Patents Office
Ludo Bagman - head, Magical Games and Sports
Bertha Jorkins (deceased)-Magical Games and Sports
Level 6-Department of Magical Transport, incorporating the Floo Network Authority, Broom Regulatory Control, Portkey Office, and Apparation Test Center
Madam Edgecombe - Floo Network Office
Basil - Transportation
Level 5-Department of International Magical Cooperation , incorporating the International Magical Trading Standards Body, the Magical Office of Law, and the International Confederation of Wizards, British Seats.
Bartemius Crouch, Sr. (deceased) - head, International Cooperation
Cornelius Fudge - Minister of Magic
Percy Weasley - International Cooperation, promoted to Junior Assistant to the Minister of Magic (1995)
Level 4-Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, incorporating Beast, Being, and Spirit Divisions, Goblin Liaison Office, and Pest Advisoroy Bureau.
Amos Diggory - Dept. for Care and Control of Magical Creatures
Bob - Dept. for Care and Control of Magical Creatures (?)
Walden Macnair - Disposal of Dangerous Creatures
Cuthbert Mockridge - Goblin Liaison
Level 3- Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, including the Accidental Magaic Reversal Squad, Obliviator Headquarters, and Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee
Gilbert Whimple - Experimental Charms
Arnold Peasgood - Obliviator
Level 2-Department of Magical Law Enforcement, including the Improper Use of Magic Office, Auror Headquarters, and Wizengamot Administrations Services.
Arthur Weasley-head of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
Perkins-assistant to Mr. Weasley
Kingsley Shaklebolt - Auror
Nymphadora Tonks - Auror
Dawlish - Auror
Mafalda Hopkirk - Improper Use of Magic
Bones, Amelia - Head of Dept. of Law Enforcement
Level 1-unknown what is on this floor
Broderick Bode (deceased) - "Unspeakable," Mysteries
Ministers of Magic, past and present
PREVIOUS
Millicent Bagnold - until 1990
Grogan Stump - appointed 1811, sorted out the whole question of which creatures were Beings and which were Beasts (
Artemisia Lufkin - first Witch to become Minister of Magic circa 1800
note-before there was a Ministry of Magic, the Wizarding Community was governed by the Wizard's Council
PRESENT
Cornelius Oswald Fudge (1990 - present)
Cornelius Fudge is the current Minister of Magic. He was elected to the post in 1990 after Millicent Bagnold retired. At first he "pelted Dumbledore with owls" asking for advice, but over the years he's begun to consider Dumbledore more of a threat than anything. He remembers how much popular support there was for the idea of making Dumbledore the Minister of Magic, even though Dumbledore hadn't wanted the job. Fudge has come to love his position so much that he has turned a blind eye to the return of Voldemort. It wasn't until Fudge saw the Dark Lord himself in June of 1996 that Fudge publically acknowledged that Voldemort had in fact returned.
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