~Ministry of Magic and it's Departments!~
Ministry of Magic Departments
There are seven departments in the Ministry, with 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.
Several departments are mentioned in early canon which do not fit the hierarchy of the Ministry as detailed in later books.
Department of Magical Games and Sports
Head: Ludo Bagman (until Y15)
Other Personnel:
Bertha Jorkins
Hamish MacFarlan (previous head, after 1968)
Main Offices: level seven of Ministry of Magic Headquarters
Organized the Quidditch World Cup final and also the Triwizard Tournament this Department was formed in 1750 responsible for hiding Quidditch from Muggle eyes British and Irish Quidditch League Headquarters.
Official Gobstones Club
Ludicrous Patents Office
Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes
(a.k.a. Department of Magical Catastrophes)
Head: unknown
Other Personnel:
Fudge was a junior minister when Pettigrew killed all those Muggles, c. Y1
Arnold Peasegood, an Obliviator
Main Offices: level three of Ministry of Magic Headquarters
Accidental Magic Reversal Squad
also referred to as the Accidental Magic Reversal Department
Invisibility Task Force
Although not specifically stated as being in this department, it seems logical, since this group casts various forms of invisibility magic to hide magical places and creatures from Muggle eyes.
Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee
Obliviator Headquarters
Department of International Magical Cooperation
Head: Barty Crouch senior (until Y15)
Other Personnel:
Percy Weasley (Y14-Y15)
Main Offices: level five of Ministry of Magic Headquarters -work with magical governments of other countries sets standards for trade creates regulations for things like cauldron thickness worked with Dept. of Games on the Triwizard Tournament.
International Confederation of Wizards, British
International Magical Office of Law
International Magical Trading Standards Body
Department of Magical Law Enforcement
Head: Amelia Bones
Other Personnel:
See known Aurors, past and present.
See known members of the Wizengamot, past and present.
Barty Crouch senior was head of this department during the Voldemort years.
Hopkirk, Mafalda, Improper Use of Magic Office
Perkins the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
Weasley, Arthur, head of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
Main Offices: level two of Ministry of Magic Heaquarters
Aurors
Improper Use of Magic Office
Magical Law Enforcement Squad
Employs Hit Wizards to handle dangerous criminals such as Sirius Black.
Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
Keeps enchanted items out of the hands of Muggles
participates in raids to keep Dark Magic items out of circulation.
Wizengamot and Wizengamot Administration Services
Council of Magical Law
The high Wizard court of law, held in a dungeon; the accused is magically bound to a chair in the center of the room. A jury sits on the right of the prosecutor who states the case against the accused and eventually asks for a verdict. The courtrooms are located on the tenth level of the Ministry of Magic; during the Voldemort years, prisoners are escorted and guarded by groups of Dementors. The members of the Wizengamot, of which there are about fifty, wear plum-covered robes with elaborate silver initials on them (the letter 'W').
Magical Equipment Control
Issued a warning about substandard wands being sold by a street peddler named "Honest Willy" Wagstaff
the department is uncertain, especially since this group is called the Department of Magical Equipment Control, a misnomer no doubt resulting from the fact that this was written in 1998, three years before FB (which for the first time listed the various departments of the Ministry of Magic). A similar error occurs in the books themselves, where a Accidental Magic Reversal Department is mentioned, although no such department exists.
Department of Magical Transportation
Head: unknown
Other Personnel:
Basil, worked the Portkey terminus for the World Cup
Madam Edgecombe, Floo Regulation.
Main Offices: level six of Ministry of Magic Headquarters
Handled the complicated problems of transporting folks to the World Cup set up a network of Portkeys
worked out where it was safe to Apparate into the area without being seen.
Apparation Test Center
Broom Regulatory Control
Floo Regulation Panel/ Floo Network Authority
Regulates which fireplaces are connected to the Floo Network can monitor fires for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
Ministry Cars
Navigate traffic with magical ease.
Portkey Office
Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures
Head: unknown
Other Personnel:
Amos Diggory works for this department.
Main Offices: level four of Ministry of Magic Headquarters
Handles complaints about magical creatures, including goblins and ghosts regulates and monitors breeding of new magical creatures.
Office of Misinformation
Beast Division
Newt Scamander, after 1917
Centaur Liaison Office
No centaur has ever actually used this service.
Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures
Walden Macnair-another aging wizard who ordered Buckbeak destroyed after he injured Draco Malfoy. His
office is in London.
DragResearch and Restraint Bureau
Newt Scamander
ice of House-Elf Relocation
Newt Scamander, c.1915-1917)
Pest Advisory Board
Werewolf Capture Unit
Werewolf Registry
Being Division
Goblin Liaison Office
Cuthbert Mockridge
Werewolf Support Services
Spirit Division
Department of Mysteries
Head: unknown
Other Personnel:
Bode "Unspeakable" (deceased January Y16)
Croaker: "Unspeakable"
Augustus Rookwood: spied for Voldemort (c. Y0)
Main Offices: level nine of Ministry of Magic Headquarters
Corridor: bare walls, no windows or doors except a plain black door set at the end of the corridor
opening at the end of the corridor near the door, opens to the left, down a flight of steps to the Wizengamot court chamber.
Miscellaneous Committees etc.
for which we don't know the department
Committee On Experimental Charms
Personnel: Gilbert Whimple
Founded by Balfour Blane, who lived in the late 1500s-early 1600s.
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