Ignatius Tuft

Ignatius Tuft
Biographical information
Born	Before 1942
Blood status	Pure-blood or Half-blood
Title(s)	Minister for Magic
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Relationship information
Family members	Wilhelmina Tuft (mother)
Affiliation
Occupation	Minister for Magic (1959-1962)
Loyalty	British Ministry of Magic Tuft family

Minister Ignatius Tuft was Minister for Magic from 1959 to 1962. Tuft was a hard-liner who capitalised on his mother Wilhelmina Tuft's popularity to gain election for a single term. He promised to institute a controversial and dangerous Dementor breeding programme and was forced from office in 1962.

Appearances

• Pottermore (Mentioned only)

Notes and references

Minister for Magic of Great Britain
Ministers for Magic
Ulick Gamp (1707–1718) Damocles Rowle (1718–1726) Perseus Parkinson (1726–1733) Eldritch Diggory (1733–1747) Albert Boot (1747–1752) Basil Flack (1752–1752) Hesphaestus Gore (1752–1770) Maximilian Crowdy (1770–1781) Porteus Knatchbull (1781–1789) Unctuous Osbert (1789–1798) Artemisia Lufkin (1798–1811) Grogan Stump (1811–1819) Josephina Flint (1819–1827) Ottaline Gambol (1827–1835) Radolphus Lestrange (1835–1841) Hortensia Milliphutt (1841–1849) Evangeline Orpington (1849–1855) Priscilla Dupont (1855–1858) Dugald McPhail (1858–1865) Faris Spavin (1865–1903) Venusia Crickerly (1903–1912) Archer Evermonde (1912–1923) Lorcan McLaird (1923–1925) Hector Fawley (1925–1939) Leonard Spencer-Moon (1939–1948) Wilhelmina Tuft (1948–1959) Ignatius Tuft (1959–1962) Nobby Leach (1962–1968) Eugenia Jenkins (1968–1975) Harold Minchum (1975–1980) Millicent Bagnold (1980–1990) Cornelius Fudge (1990–1996) Rufus Scrimgeour (1996–1997) Pius Thicknesse (1997–1998) Kingsley Shacklebolt (1998–c. 2019) Hermione Granger (c. 2019–?)