During the hearing, the Minister for Magic sits in the middle of the front row and conducts most of the interrogation, while Percy Weasley (the Junior Undersecretary), acts as stenographer. The corridor they were in was then damaged in an explosion that killed Fred Weasley. It is likely he attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in his youth, possibly earning some O.W.L.s or N.E.W.T.s. [5], In late 1997, Xenophilius Lovegood's daughter was kidnapped in order to stop his telling the truth to the public and encouraging support of Harry Potter in his magazine, The Quibbler. They abandoned the original plan, as they were unable to wait for the Trace to break; the moment Harry turned seventeen, all the protection he received from his mother would be lost. In the summer of 1997, as part of Voldemort's plan to take over the Ministry, Death Eater Yaxley placed the Imperius Curse on Thicknesse. He ultimately joined the Ministry of Magic, at some point in his adult life. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story, Heads of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game), Guy Henry to Play Pius Thicknesse in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Director of the Investigation Department No. He sent Sirius Black to the wizard prison Azkaban without a trial. However, since the Death Eaters had to resort to the Imperius Curse to get Thicknesse on their side, it is safe to say that he was not a sympathiser of their ideals. Ludovic "Ludo" Bagman is a retired professional Quidditch player, formerly a highly successful Beater for the Wimbourne Wasps and England's international team, whose good looks have gone a bit to seed; his nose is squashed in (apparently having been broken by a stray Bludger) and he is quite a bit thicker around the middle than he was in his Quidditch days. The Department of International Magical Cooperation is an agency that attempts to get wizards from different countries to co-operate in wizarding actions both political and public. A large, dimly lit, rectangular room with stone tiers (as benches) leading down to a pit in the centre. Thicknesse, at Voldemort's direction, installed a new regime at the Ministry that was more in line with Death Eater ideology. [HP6] The Ministers for Magic who appear in the Harry Potter series, such as Cornelius Fudge and Rufus Scrimgeour, tend to act in a somewhat patronising manner towards the Muggle Prime Minister. [HP7] However, Dumbledore explains to Harry that the Ministry cannot tell who exactly uses magic in a given area, only that it has been used. In direct contrast to his younger (and older) brothers, he is a stickler for rules and often pompous due to his love of authority, though he does have good intentions at heart. When one takes into consideration that the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is the largest Ministry department (to which the remaining six departments are all, in some respect, answerable with the possible exception of the Department of Mysteries),[9] it seems to be safe to presume Thicknesse was high up at the Ministry at the time of his appointment in 1996. He leaves Hogwarts with Outstandings in all his N.E.W.T.s (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test). Percy Ignatius Weasley is the third son of Arthur and Molly Weasley. A potential recruit also has to pass "...a series of character and aptitude tests." Ludo Bagman used to be the Head of Department here, but his gambling problem forced him to flee from Goblin creditors. [19] If Thicknesse did survive the battle, it is unclear if he rejoined the Ministry or was incarcerated. [HP5] Dumbledore reminds Fudge that the Ministry doesn't have the power to expel students from Hogwarts or confiscate wands without benefit of a hearing. At the beginning of the series, it is headed by Amelia Bones, who is replaced by Pius Thicknesse after Voldemort murders her. He was ousted from power after Voldemort's defeat and was succeeded by Kingsley Shacklebolt in his post of Minister for Magic. 61042, https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Pius_Thicknesse?oldid=1354492, Articles with information from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Articles with information from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Articles with information from Wizarding World, Articles with information from Pottermore, Thicknesse, meanwhile, may mean "thick" and the Proto-Germanic word, In Swedish, Thicknesse was renamed "Pius Korpulens", the word ", In the Harry Potter Pronunciation Guide at the Scholastic official website, Thicknesse's name is spelt phonetically as "PY-us THIK-nuss" (as in ". Roger Lloyd-Pack appeared as Crouch in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. [5] Harry Potter thought he resembled a crab looking out from beneath a rock. Eventually, the Ministry is forced to acknowledge the emergency and act on it. [11] Scrimgeour makes a short appearance, looking tired and grim due to the pressures of his position, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at The Burrow with Dumbledore's will; a final argument promptly breaks out between Harry and him. While it is never stated what Thicknesse's blood status is, it is unlikely Thicknesse would be appointed Minister for Magic by the Death Eater regime instead of other powerful and prominent pure-blood Death Eaters with Ministry connections like Yaxley, Travers or Selwyn, if he were Muggle-born. It was through this archway that. When Harry emerges from the Triwizard Tournament's third task after having seen the rebirth of Voldemort, Fudge refuses to believe it. Ogden worked as a Magical Law Enforcer and was Head of the Magical Law Enforcement Squad before he died. One of the most influential Wizard rock bands is named Ministry of Magic after the government structure in the series. Harry and Cedric Diggory end up tying for first place in the tournament, and Bagman does not win the bet as the goblins argue that Bagman was betting Harry would win outright. They abandoned the original plan, as they were unable to wait for the Trace to break: the moment Harry turned seventeen, all the protection he received from his mother would be lost. In the last part of the battle, he and his father work together to defeat Thicknesse. Dumbledore uses one of Ogden's memories to show Harry the background of the House of Gaunt, Voldemort's maternal family. [HP3] After his third offence (creating a Patronus to protect himself and Dudley from two Dementors), the letter sent to him states that he is expelled from school, that representatives will arrive at his home to destroy his wand, and that he is required to appear at a disciplinary hearing, given that the offence occurred after he had already received one warning. Pius Thickness has the distinction of being the Minister for Magic with the shortest known term in office: 275 days (roughly 9 months). In both these circumstances, he becomes physically attached to his badge, wanting to polish it and wear it even when out of school. He mentioned that this was more difficult than he had expected and made him very nearly late for an important Death Eater meeting at Malfoy Manor (as Thicknesse's nature allowed him to resist). Called the Death Chamber by Dumbledore. Bagman appears in the Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup video game as a Quidditch announcer. [10] After Voldemort's death, all the people across the country who had been under the Imperius Curse came back to themselves. The Trace was also in effect, so if Harry or anyone around him cast a spell to get him out of there, Thicknesse would know about it and so would the Death Eaters. Harry felt a "rush of gratitude" to hear that Scrimgeour, in his final act, attempted to protect Harry by refusing to disclose his location. [12] The Daily Prophet was also taken over, the official version of Scrimgeour's murder was that he resigned, as well as Thicknesse replaced him. A dark room possibly simulating outer space. Other doors open off this room. As minister, he visits the Muggle Prime Minister with Fudge, now an advisor, to inform him about recent wizarding events, crucial to internal security. Harry himself later joins the department and according to a Rowling 2007 interview is eventually promoted to department head.[5].