Is Arthur Weasley destined to become the Minister of Magic?

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 89110

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, rayheuer3 at a... wrote:
> BrwNeil at a... writes:
> > Ron joked in OotP that Gryffindor had as much chance of winning 
the 
> > Quidditch Cup as his dad did of becoming Minister of Magic.  
> > Gryffindor did in fact win the Quidditch Cup.  Could the poor, 
> > honest, Muggle loving Arthur have a political future ahead of 
him? 
> 
> Ray replies:
> 
> My wife and I have had several heated discussions about this.  I 
personally 
> believe that Fudge's political career is about to come to a 
disasterous end.  
> Just exactly who would replace him is a question for much debate.
> 
 
> So who does that leave? Snape and Lockhart would both make for 
fascinating 
> fanfics, but I doubt JKR will go that route.  Lupin, Hagrid, and 
Prof. Binns all 
> have problems with "racial prejudice".  Neville's gran is probably 
too old 
> and Tonks too young.  Mooney and Prof. Trelawney are just too ... 
you know ...
> 
> I am left with just two candidates, assuming we have heard the new 
Minister's 
> name mentioned at all...  Mr. Lovegood (Luna's dad) as a "respected 
> journalist" and Nicholas Flamel.

The next Minister will likely come from within the Ministry, not 
Hogwarts. There are several other possibilities, all of whom are 
already affiliated with the Ministry: Susan Bones, Kingsley 
Shacklebolt, Elphias Doge, Emmaline Vance, the dimininitive Dedalus 
Diggle or the unjustly-imprisoned Sturgis Podmore. And doesn't 
Dolores Umbridge still retain the title of Senior Undersecretary?

  - CMC