Head of Department

"&#8203;[…] as Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Thicknesse has regular contact not only with the Minister himself, but also with the Heads of all the other Ministry departments."

- Corban Yaxley, concerning Pius Thicknesse's post as Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement A Head of Department is, in the British Ministry of Magic hierarchical structure, the most senior official within each of the Ministry's seven departments.

The Heads of Department answer to the Minister for Magic and, to some degree, all are in some respect answerable to the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, the largest department in the Ministry. As such all these top Ministry officials have regular contact.

The heads of the several offices and division within each department answer to their Head of Department.

Behind the scenes

 * No Head of the Minister for Magic and Support Staff department is ever mentioned; it is possible it is headed by the Minister for Magic himself or, perhaps, by his Senior Undersecretary.