Is Cornelius Fudge evil?

Fudge is the only villain in the series who started off good and the only one whose corruption is depicted in real-time. Draco Malfoy, who starts off as a petty bully, eventually turns outright evil as well, although he was already technically a villain from the beginning.
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Is Cornelius Fudge a Death Eater?

Conclusions. Having looked at all of his important actions throughout the books, I have concluded that Cornelius Fudge was, in fact, a Death Eater.
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Was Cornelius Fudge a good wizard?

Apart from the other two answers: Fudge is a disappointment, really. IMO, he's no better than any other wizard and he's a typical politician. If you're in the third book, you should already have read how he was in the Leaky Cauldron, and he's corrupt, bribing and getting bribed, even, from the right people.
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What did Cornelius Fudge do?

Sacking Albus Dumbledore

Driven by paranoia, Fudge sought to undermine Dumbledore's credibility and authority both at Hogwarts and at large in the wizarding world, which he accomplished, first by ensuring that Dumbledore was presented in the news as a crackpot.
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Is Fudge working for Voldemort?

There are a lot of reasons to dislike Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge and call him an ineffective leader. However, it may not be that Fudge denied Voldemort's return in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix because he was an inadequate leader or a leader who denied the truth in order to stay in power.
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Who becomes Minister of Magic after Fudge?

Rufus Scrimgeour serves as the Minister for Magic of the United Kingdom from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince until his death in the following book, succeeding Cornelius Fudge. He is described as looking like an old lion with tawny hair and bushy eyebrows, yellow eyes and wire-rimmed spectacles.
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Does Cornelius Fudge get fired?

Fudge was ultimately forced to resign after two weeks of pressure, and was remembered by history, as Dumbledore had warned him, "as the man who stepped aside, and allowed Voldemort a second chance to destroy the world we have tried to rebuild".
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Was umbridge a Death Eater?

No, she is not a death eater, but many of her views fall within those of Voldemort's plans. For instance: Magic is Might - Voldemort and the Death Eaters want to establish wizard power and authority over muggles.
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Why did Fudge want Harry expelled?

During the hearing, Fudge was incredibly biased against Harry, in the hopes to spitefully discredit and expel the boy for his claims that Lord Voldemort had returned.
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Who is the best Minister of Magic?

The best
  1. Ulick Gamp (1707–1718)
  2. Millicent Bagnold (1980–1990) ...
  3. Leonard Spencer-Moon (1939–1948) ...
  4. Artemisia Lufkin (1798–1811) ...
  5. Maximilian Crowdy (Term of Office: 1770–1781) A charismatic leader, Maximilian Crowdy was one of the earliest Ministers for Magic to stamp down on anti-Muggle sentiment. ...
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Who tortured Neville?

Bellatrix Lestrange briefly tortured Neville with the Cruciatus Curse, both to try to make Harry hand over the prophecy and to see how long Neville held out before "cracking" like his parents.
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Is Nymphadora Tonks Hufflepuff?

Tonks attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1984 to 1991 and was Sorted into Hufflepuff House. She was in the same year at Hogwarts as Gryffindor Charlie Weasley.
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Why did Harry not tell Lucius was a Death Eater?

Harry could not believe that Lucius Malfoy dared look him in the face; he could not believe that he was here, in the Ministry of Magic, or that Cornelius Fudge was talking to him, when Harry had told Fudge mere weeks ago that Malfoy was a Death Eater.”
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Was Fudge a Slytherin?

Sorted in Slytherin House at Hogwarts, Fudge later married Amaryllis Fudge and pursued a career at the British Ministry of Magic.
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What is Umbridge's Patronus?

Dolores Umbridge also produces a Patronus in the shape of a cat. Umbridge uses her Patronus to keep the Ministry of Magic's Dementors in check. Warner Bros. While Umbridge is an objectively hateful woman, she is also a skilled witch.
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How did Umbridge get Moody's eye?

In Deathly Hallows, Voldemort took over the Ministry. People who were against Dumbledore and the Order likely were given favor by Voldemort if they submitted. When Moody died, one of the Death Eaters turned in the Eye to the Ministry, and Umbridge took it for herself.
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Who killed Rufus Scrimgeour?

Voldemort, wanting the location of Harry Potter, captured and brutally tortured Scrimgeour, though when Scrimgeour refused to talk, Voldemort murdered him.
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Who killed Hedwig?

With the issue of Harry's iconic owl at the forefront, Jo Marie Walker continues to explain that the Death Eater that kills Hedwig is none other than Snape.
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What house is Rufus Scrimgeour in?

Rufus Scrimgeour was born in 1921 or earlier, and graduated from Hogwarts in 1938 at the latest. At Hogwarts he was sorted into Slytherin, but never became Prince of Slytherin despite his great intelligence, being rejected by the Throne out of hand for his complete lack of ambition.
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Who betrayed Harry in the Battle of the Seven Potters?

Mundungus Fletcher was played by Andy Linden in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Daniel Radcliffe, of course, played Mundungus during the "Seven Potters" scene. On the DVD, Andy pointed out that he was amazed by how well Dan pretended to be him.
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Is Bill Weasley a werewolf?

Although he wasn't turned into a werewolf, he did develop some wolfish tendencies such as a liking for very rare steaks. He married Fleur on August 1, 1997, although their wedding was disrupted by the arrival of Death Eaters following the fall of the Ministry of Magic.
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Is Pius Thicknesse a Death Eater?

During the Battle of Hogwarts, Thicknesse was stationed within the ranks of the Death Eaters and fought with them against the castle's defenders. He was amongst a group of masked and hooded Death Eaters who successfully penetrated Hogwarts, and duelled with Percy Weasley.
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