Deputy Headmaster

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The Deputy Headmaster or Deputy Headmistress was a title given to the faculty member at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry whose job it was to assist the Headmaster or Headmistress of the day with the administrative running of the school in addition to their duties as teachers.^[1]

Duties[]

Writing and sending letters of acceptance to prospective students, including a shopping list of approved school supplies signed by the Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions.^[1]
Serving as acting Head if the incumbent died, became incapacitated, was suspended, or was sacked, until such time a new Head was appointed by the Hogwarts Board of Governors.^[2]

Known Deputy Headmasters and Headmistresses[]

Name	Tenure	Notes
Matilda Weasley	1890s	Deputy to Phineas Nigellus Black. Professor of Transfiguration.
Minerva McGonagall	After 1956 – 1 September 1997	Deputy to Albus Dumbledore. Professor of Transfiguration. Took over as acting Head after Dumbledore's suspension in 1993 and his murder in 1997. Promoted to Headmistress after the ousting of Severus Snape.
Alecto Carrow	1 September 1997 – 2 May 1998	Deputies to Severus Snape and members of the Death Eaters. Alecto was the Professor of Muggle Studies, while Amycus taught Dark Arts. Both were in charge of punishments of defiant students. They were sacked during the Battle of Hogwarts but escaped at the end of the Second Wizarding War, until they were captured during the Battle at the Ministry and sent to Azkaban.
Amycus Carrow	1 September 1997 – 2 May 1998

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 4 (The Keeper of the Keys)
↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 16 (The Chamber of Secrets)

Hogwarts faculty
Founders	Godric Gryffindor · Helga Hufflepuff · Rowena Ravenclaw · Salazar Slytherin
Headteachers	Giffard Abbott · Walter Aragon · Phineas Nigellus Black · Elizabeth Burke · Antonia Creaseworthy · Dilys Derwent · Armando Dippet · Albus Dumbledore · Mordicus Egg · Everard · First Headmaster · Niamh Fitzgerald · Dexter Fortescue · Basil Fronsac · Brian Gagwilde · Limebert · Minerva McGonagall · Eupraxia Mole · Edessa Sakndenberg · Brutus Scrimgeour · Phyllida Spore · Severus Snape · Amrose Swott · Quentin Trimble · Dolores Umbridge · Fytherley Undercliffe · Vindictus Viridian · Vulpus · Heliotrope Wilkins · Gimlet-eyed Headmistress · Headmaster (1568) · Headteacher (1792) · Unidentified Headteachers
Deputy Heads	Alecto Carrow · Amycus Carrow · Minerva McGonagall · Matilda Weasley
Heads of House	Muldoon Cragg · Filius Flitwick · Godric Gryffindor · Gryffindor lady · Gryffindor man (II) · Gryffindor man (III) · Gryffindor man (IV) · Gryffindor Seeker · Helga Hufflepuff · Neville Longbottom · Minerva McGonagall · Valeria Myriadd · Uric Oapley · Podric Piles · Pink-faced Headmaster · Prendergast · Proudfoot · Rowena Ravenclaw · Abraham Ronen · Horace Slughorn · Salazar Slytherin · Severus Snape · Pomona Sprout · Tobias Stump
Teaching staff	Bartholomew · Bathsheda Babbling · San Bakar · Herbert Beery · Cuthbert Binns · Bexelinda Bornswallow · Kate Brindlemore · Charity Burbage · Herodiana Byrne · Camelia · Alecto Carrow · Amycus Carrow · Bartemius Crouch Junior (disguised as Alastor Moody) · Clodagh Dromgoole · Albus Dumbledore · Archibald Eagleton · Eleazar Fig · Firenze · Filius Flitwick · Fortinbras · Mirabel Garlick · Mirabel Garlick's predecessor · Jakub Gorski · Olivia Green · Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank · Rubeus Hagrid · Dinah Hecat · Rolanda Hooch · Bai Howin · Arsenius Jigger · Igor Karkaroff's Yule Ball partner · Silvanus Kettleburn · Chiyo Kogawa · Leah Lee · Gilderoy Lockhart · Neville Longbottom · Remus Lupin · Elspeth MacGillony · Mazoni · Minerva McGonagall · Galatea Merrythought · Isidora Morganach · Mudiwa Onai · Prendergast · Quirinus Quirrell · Percival Rackham · Patricia Rakepick · Abraham Ronen · Charles Rookwood · Concordia Rowle · Luna Scamander · Satyavati Shah · Aesop Sharp · Arif Sikander · Aurora Sinistra · Horace Slughorn · Severus Snape · Pomona Sprout · Swoopstikes · Sybill Trelawney · Trocar · Dolores Umbridge · Septima Vector · Matilda Weasley · Matilda Weasley's predecessor · Unidentified professor · Charms professor (medieval) · Potions professor (16th century) · Holidaying professor (before 1890s) · Unidentified Potions teacher · DADA professor (1984–1985) · DADA professor (1985–1986) · DADA professor (1986–1987) · DADA professor (1987–1988) · DADA professor (1989–1990) · DADA professor (1990–1991) · Muggle Studies professor (1990s) · Music professor · DADA professor (1998–?) · Potions professor (21st century) · Charms professor (?th century) · Herbology professor (?th century)
Hogwarts house-elves	Bilm · Boil-ridden house-elf · Cooky · Cosa · Deek · Dobby · Feenky · Filk · Gimkey · Gosby · Krafty · Kreacher · Nonsuch · Pitts · Retch · Ringkull · Rooky · Vekey · Wigby · Winkle · Winky · Wooby · Wugby · Unidentified house-elf (I) · Unidentified house-elf (II)
Support staff	Phineas Nigellus Black's secretaries · Noreen Blainey · Rancorous Carpe · Argus Filch · Harry Fricker · Rubeus Hagrid · Rolanda Hooch · Hankerton Humble · Gladwin Moon · Ogg · Irma Pince · Poppy Pomfrey · Apollyon Pringle · Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus · Agnes Scribner · Wainscott · Carriage driver (1890s) · Gamekeeper (1890s) · Unidentified Healers · Librarian (?th century) · Librarian (21st century)

[PS4-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 4 (The Keeper of the Keys)

[COS16-2] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 16 (The Chamber of Secrets)

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