[HPforGrownups] Re: Wizards and the Queen

[Robert Shaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 83999

sachmet96 wrote:

>> lola again...
>> why then has the magical Prime Minister not been mentioned?
> 
> sachmet96
> Because there was no need to mention the magical Prime Minister. It
> was an anouncement of the Ministry (which he would be part of). So
> imo only the Muggle one has to be mentioned who is not part of the
> Ministry.
> 
> I see the title Minister of Magic equivalent/similar to a president
> of state, who in some countries does have very far reaching
> privileges.
> 
Prime Minister is a more senior title than plain Minister.

If there were a magical Prime Minister Fudge would, in law,
just be the PMs appointee.

In practice, Fudge could be the head of government and
the hypothetical magical PM head of state, but in that case
the PM should have been mentioned by now.

Also, while Fudge clearly is the de facto head of government,
he doesn't feel like a head of state.

Minister of Magic is not a suitable title for an head of state.
It implies the existence of other ministers, and of a leader
to organise them all.

If Fudge were head of state he'd be more likely to be called
something like the Lord High Wizard or the Supreme Master,
titles which have no connection with muggle society.

In law Fudge is probably an apppointee of the crown, who
will be head of state, but in practice wizarding society's 
loyalty will have long since become purely nominal.

-- 
Robert