British Ministry of Magic

### Headquarters

Whitehall, London, England, Great Britain (Scotland Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2BD, UK)

### Affiliation

* International Confederation of Wizards
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

### Enemies

* Under Bagnold, Fudge, and Scrimgeour
	+ Lord Voldemort
	+ Death Eaters
* Under Fudge and Thicknesse
	+ Dumbledore's Army
	+ Order of the Phoenix
* Under Thicknesse
	+ Muggle-borns

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### Departments

The Ministry has seven departments in all, each dealing with different aspects of the wizarding world. The Department of Magical Law Enforcement being the largest and all others more or less answering to it (except the Department of Mysteries).

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. There are also many minor offices within the departments. The departments communicate through "interdepartmental memos" written on pale-violet paper aeroplanes, which fly on their own to destinations, because previous routine use of owls for messages within the Ministry caused an excess of dirtying by owl droppings and moulted feathers. The known departments and their offices are the following:

#### Department of Magical Law Enforcement

> "*Level two, Department of Magical Law Enforcement, including the Improper Use of Magic Office, Auror Headquarters, and Wizengamot Administration Services.*"
> ― Description of Auror headquarters[source]
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#### Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes

> "*Level Three, Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, incorporating the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad, Obliviator Headquarters and Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee.*"
> ― Voice of lift at the Ministry of Magic[source]
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#### Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures

> "*Each wizarding governing body will be responsible for the concealment, care and control of all magical beasts, beings, and spirits dwelling within its territory's borders. Should any such creature cause harm to, or draw the notice of, the Muggle community, that nation's wizarding governing body will be subject to discipline by the International Confederation of Wizards.*"
> ― Clause 73 of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy[source]
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#### Department of International Magical Cooperation

> "*Level Five, Department of International Magical Cooperation, incorporating the International Magical Trading Standards Body, the International Magical Office of Law and the International Confederation of Wizards, British Seats.*"
> ― Voice of lift at the Ministry of Magic[source]
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#### Department of Magical Transportation

> "*Level Six, Department of Magical Transportation, incorporating the Floo Network Authority, Broom Regulatory Control, Portkey Office and Apparition Test Centre.*"
> ― Voice of lift at the Ministry of Magic[source]
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#### Department of Magical Games and Sports

> "*Level seven, Department of Magical Games and Sports, incorporating the British and Irish Quidditch League Headquarters, Official Gobstones Club, and Ludicrous Patents Office.*"
> ― Voice of lift at the Ministry of Magic[source]
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#### Department of Mysteries

> "*The lift clattered into view and they hurried inside. Every time it stopped Mr Weasley cursed furiously and pummelled the number nine button. 'Department of Mysteries,' said the cool female voice, and left it at that.*"
> ― Voice of lift at the Ministry of Magic[source]
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### Other Offices

> "*A long-awaited Ministry for Magic [sic] report made public today warns against the dangers of underestimating Muggles. A Study into Muggle Suspicions about Magic draws conclusions which may shock the wizarding community. Professor Phoebus Penrose, who headed the committee which drew up the report, says that Muggles are more observant than we might like to think.*"
> ― *Daily Prophet*, 31 July 1998[source]
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## Personnel

### Ministers for Magic

(Minister for Magic) The following is a list of the Ministers for Magic and their tenures in office:

Following the revelation that Voldemort was back, Fudge was replaced as Minister as he had denied the truth for nearly a year. He was replaced by Rufus Scrimgeour before he was killed by Voldemort and replaced by Pius Thicknesse, who was acting under the influence of the Imperius Curse and put in power by Voldemort.

Kingsley Shacklebolt replaced Voldemort's puppet Thicknesse at the end of the Second Wizarding War and reformed the Ministry. By 2019, Hermione Granger was elected Minister for Magic.

Albus Dumbledore was offered the job of Minister and refused it at least four times. In his latter days at Hogwarts, Tom Riddle was widely predicted to become Minister, as he had great intelligence and magical talent along with a great talent for creating strategic alliances with people. He could also gather followers to serve his interests. However, Riddle refused every opportunity to work at the Ministry, as a career in the government did not strike his interest.