Sirius' heir. . .now Fudge

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 125677


> eggplant9998 said in the RE: Sirius' heir and Kreacher thread
> I'll bet one of the first things the new Minister of Magic does in 
the
> next book is issue a posthumous pardon to Sirius Black; 
> -------------------------
>  
> What do you mean "new Minister"?  Fudge was still MofM at the end 
of OOP.  Are you making an assumption or is your statement derived 
from previous conversations in which the consensus was Fudge would 
be replaced?  
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> theotokos

Hannah:  JKR confirmed a while ago that there will be a new Minister 
for Magic in HBP.  I think it likely that the new Minister will come 
in fairly soon, though of course, it could happen anywhere in the 
book.  OotP ends just one week after the 'official' return of LV.  
Given the panic that the Ministry have been thrown into, it may take 
a few weeks more before they get rid of Fudge, but I don't think he 
can stay in office for long now he's been exposed like that.  So I 
think he'll be off near the beginning.  I would cheer, but I'm a 
little bit worried about what he'll do with all the free time he'll 
suddenly have...

Hannah