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{{short description|Fictional governmental organisation from Harry Potter}}
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{{Infobox fictional organisation
| name = Ministry of Magic
| image = Ministry of magic logo.png
| caption =
| universe = ''[[Fictional universe of Harry Potter|Harry Potter]]''
| founded = 1707
| location = Ministry of Magic Headquarters<br>[[Whitehall]], [[London]]
| leader = Minister for Magic
| key_people = {{Plainlist|
* [[Cornelius Fudge]]
* [[Rufus Scrimgeour]]
* [[Pius Thicknesse]]
* [[Kingsley Shacklebolt]]
* [[Barty Crouch Sr.]]
* [[Amelia Bones]]
* [[Ludo Bagman]]
* [[Corban Yaxley]]
* [[Dolores Umbridge]]
* [[Hermione Granger]]
* [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]]
* [[Percy Weasley]]
}}
| purpose = Preservation of magical law
| technologies =
| powers = Government of [[United Kingdom|UK]]'s Magical Community
| affiliations = International Confederation of Wizards
| subsid =
}}
The '''Ministry of Magic''' is the government of the British wizarding community in the fictional universe of ''[[Fictional universe of Harry Potter|Harry Potter]]'' for Britain and Ireland. It is led by an official called the Minister for Magic, and is first mentioned in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''. Throughout the novels, it is regularly depicted as [[corrupt]], [[elitist]] and completely incompetent, with its high-ranking officials blind to ominous events and unwilling to take action against threats to wizard society. In ''Order of the Phoenix'', [[Dolores Umbridge]] was placed at [[Hogwarts]] to observe the happenings within the school (acting as a ministry plant), and prevent the spread of news concerning the return of [[Lord Voldemort]]. It reaches a zenith of corruption, before being effectively taken over by Voldemort. At the end of the final book, following Voldemort's death, [[Kingsley Shacklebolt]] is revealed to have become the Minister for Magic.