The Minister for Magic We know from Pottermore that the Minister for Magic is elected once every 7 years (unless they resign earlier): The Minister for Magic is democratically elected, although there have been times of crisis in which the post has simply been offered to an individual without a public vote (Albus Dumbledore was made such an offer, and turned it down repeatedly). There is no fixed limit to a Minister’s term of office, but he or she is obliged to hold regular elections at a...
Separate thread in the spirit of reducing megathreads. For those who are unware, "peggy sue" refers to the trope of going back in time into your own, younger body. There are many Harry Potter peggy sue fics, and even some where Voldemort goes back in time in addition to Harry, but I've never seen a Voldemort-centric one where he is the only traveller. The premise here is that following his death at the end of DH, Voldemort's tattered soul ends up drifting through time and latches on to his...
This is a topic I have been thinking about the past few days. How would the British Wizarding World be different if Albus Dumbledore had acquiesced to public demand and taken the position after Minister Bagnold retired as Minister of Magic. Would he have tried to/been successful at enacting the kind of reform that we saw after Voldemort'a second defeat? It's canon that during his first term Fudge relied on Dumbledore for guidance so why didn't we see more reform in Ministry? Would the...
Purpose of the Thread As I stated in the "Questions" thread, I'm looking for an org chart for the Ministry of Magic. At the suggestion of Sesc I've started this thread to help develop my own and solicit comments from the community about such a task. The purpose of this thread is to discern, as canonically as possible, the hierarchy of the various departments, offices, and other subdivisions of the Ministry of Magic. My own personal org chart is going to be a gussied up Excel file (I...
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