Departments and Committees Department of Magical Games and Sports Head: Ludo Bagman Other personnel: Bertha Jorkins Previous Head: Hamish MacFarlan (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. 1981
Main offices: level three of Ministry of Magic Headquarters
Accidental Magic Reversal Squad
Also referred to as the Accidental Magic Reversal Department
Obliviator Headquarters Known Obliviators: Arnold Peasegood
Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee
Department of International Magical Cooperation Head: Barty Crouch Sr. (until 1995) Other personnel: Percy Weasley (1994-5) 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 Magical Trading Standards Body
International Magical Office of Law
International Confederation of Wizards, British Seats
Department of Magical Law Enforcement Head: Amelia Bones
Barty Crouch Sr. was head of this department during the Voldemort years Main offices: level two of Ministry of Magic Headquarters
Magical Law Enforcement Squad
Employs Hit Wizards to handle dangerous criminals such as Sirius Black
Aurors
Dark Wizard Catchers Known Aurors: Alastor Moody, Frank Longbottom, Alice Longbottom, Kingsley Shaklebolt, Nymphadora Tonks
Training, which takes three years, involves Stealth and Disguise
Headquarters on level two, a room full of open cubicles
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')
Department of Magical Transportation Head: Unknown Other Personnel: Basil, worked the Portkey terminus for the World Cup Main offices: level four 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
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
Broom Regulatory Control
Portkey Office
Apparation Test Center
Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures Head: Unknown
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
Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures
Walden Macnair - Another aging wizard; Ordered Buckbeak destroyed after he injured Draco Malfoy
Office is in London
Dragon Research and Restraint Bureau
Newt Scamander
Office of House-Elf Relocation
Newt Scamander, c.1915-17)
Department of Mysteries Head: Unknown Other personnel: Bode (deceased January 1996) and Croaker: "Unspeakable"; Augustus Rookwood: spied for Voldemort (c. 1980)
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.
Committee On Experimental Charms Personnel: Gilbert Whimple
Founded by Balfour Blane, who lived in the late 1500s-early 1600s?
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