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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[]

McGonagall writing letters HM

Minerva McGonagall at work

Among the tasks entrusted to the Deputy Headmaster was sending a letter of acceptance to incoming along with a list of school supplies approved and signed by the Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions.[1]

In the event that the incumbent Headmaster or Headmistress died, became incapacitated, was suspended, or was sacked, the Deputy Headmaster or Headmistress would typically serve as acting head of the school until the Hogwarts Board of Governors or the Ministry of Magic could appoint a new, permanent one.[2]

Known Deputy Headmasters and Headmistresses[]

Portrait Name Tenure Notes
Matilda Weasley's predecessor
(possibly)
Pre-1890
(possibly)
Unknown if they served in this position or as Professor of Transfiguration.[3]
Matilda Weasley HL 2 Matilda Weasley 1890s Deputy to Phineas Nigellus Black. Professor of Transfiguration.
PromoHP1 Minerva McGonagall 2 Minerva McGonagall After 19561 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-DH2 Alecto Carrow 1 September 19972 May 1998 Deputies to Severus Snape and members of the Death Eaters. Alecto was the Professor of Muggle Studies, while Amycus taught Dark Arts. They were sacked during the Battle of Hogwarts and were most likely incarcerated in Azkaban after the Second Wizarding War.
Amycus Carrow PM Amycus Carrow

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 4 (The Keeper of the Keys)
  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 16 (The Chamber of Secrets)
  3. Hogwarts Legacy (see this image)
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Support staff Phineas Nigellus Black's secretaries · Noreen Blainey · Rancorous Carpe · Argus Filch · Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank · 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)
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