JKR Speaks: Arthur Weasly will NOT be next Minister of Magic

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No: HPFGUIDX 108010

> Mandy again:

> So we have Lucius Malfoy as hero to the WW. Or at least an up-
> standing member of the community. 

MAE now:
I guess it could happen, but I don't think Malfoy was a hero/respected
 even before he was caught as a DE.  I think many people feared him,
because he was a bully and threw his money around.   


> It all depend on how Lucius manages to wrangle out of Azkaban (he 
> will) and if he can some how explain away his participation in the 

MAE again:
I think that all the DEs will escape now that the dementors are gone.
At that point he will go and stand by VM's side.  I think before the
end of the books, he will have to have a battle, perhaps he will fight
Arthur W, and maybe to the death.  


> Lucius could somehow show he was at the MoM not fighting DD, but 
> assisting DD, not as member of the Order obviously, but as an 

MAE now:
A pretty hard sell considering he went in wearing the DE garb.