Junior minister

A Junior Minister is a minister of low rank in British politics, and is, in the Ministry of Magic, answerable to the Head of the department in which they worked. Cornelius Fudge worked as Junior Minister of the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes. The Muggle Prime Minister in the 1990's also had a Junior Minister assisting him named Herbert Chorley.

Behind the scenes

 * It is possible that, in the Ministry of Magic, the designated head of for example the Department of Magical Transportation goes by the title of Minister of Magical Transportation, while a Junior Minister is synonymous with a Deputy Head of said department.