• Character Ignatius Tuft was Minister for Magic from 1959 to 1962. He succeeded his mother, Wilhelmina, in the office by capitalizing on her popularity following her untimely death. He was forced to resign after promising to institute a controversial Dementor breeding program. Read More
• Event A rogue Welsh Green dragon descends on a beach full of Muggle holidaymakers (FB). Tilly Toke and her family happen to be there (FW), and her family casts the largest Mass Memory Charm of this century on all the Muggles of Ilfracombe. She is later awarded the Order of Merlin… Read More
• Ministry of Magic The Improper Use of Magic Office is a division of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement in the Ministry of Magic. The office deals with incidents of magic being used inappropriately, particularly in cases where Muggles are involved. The offices are located on Level Two of Ministry headquarters (OP7). Read More
• Magical effects Effect: communication between fires Using Floo Powder in a fire connected to the Floo Network, a person can communicate with another over distance. The head of the person making contact appears in the midst of the flames and they can hold a conversation and even interact physically with the person… Read More
• Rules and laws Percy Weasley hoped the Transylvanian wizards would sign on to the International Ban on Duelling, which seems to have been accepted by the Ministry of Magic in 1994 (GF23). Read More
• Event Clause 73 is added to the code, making it the responsibility of each nation’s Ministry of Magic to work to conceal the magical creatures living within their borders. The text of the Clause reads as follows: Each wizarding governing body will be responsible for the concealment, care, and control of… Read More
• Organizations The International Confederation of Wizards (ICW) is a wizarding intergovernmental organisation, equivalent to the Muggle United Nations (JKR:Tw). Organisation The leader of the International Confederation of Wizards is called the Supreme Mugwump. The first Supreme Mugwump was Pierre Bonaccord (OP31). Other holders of the office were Albus… Read More
• Wizarding culture International Magical Governments are found worldwide. Other countries have similar governing bodies to Great Britain. Bulgaria, for example, has its own Ministry of Magic, the Minister of which, Mr. Oblansk, sat in the Top Box to watch the World Cup Final in 1994 (GF8). There is also a Ministry of Magic in Norway (QA3) and several… Read More
• Rules and laws The International Statute of Secrecy is a wizarding law which was instituted in 1689 (TBB/WHP) and put fully into effect in 1692 (JKR/W3) in order to hide the existence of witches and wizards from the Muggles who persecuted them. This law was at least in part a direct outcome of the… Read More
• Event A summit meeting of the International Confederation of Wizards takes place. The discussion about magical creatures lasts seven weeks and includes delegations of goblins, centaurs, and merpeople. The result of this summit is the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, which effectively hid the Wizarding community away from the Muggles (Pm). Read More
• Awards The International Wizarding Order of Merit was awarded to Ivan Popa of Romania following the Attack of the Killer Forest at the Quidditch World Cup final of 1809 (Pm). Popa worked to save lives of participants and spectators at the tournament after his teammate Niko… Read More
• Wizarding culture International wizardry covers the management of magic, Witches and Wizards worldwide. Meetings of the International Confederation of Wizards (ICW) take responsibility for overseeing this. Countries in the Wizarding world each have their own magical government system running side-by-side to the local Muggle government. Since the passage of the International Statute… Read More