

While he appeared to provide a much tougher and resolute stance against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters, he made the same mistake of creating the appearance of safety and security, while in truth Scrimgeour's efforts were waning in progress in the war. During the Second Wizarding War, Scrimgeour was appointed in 1996 to succeed Cornelius Fudge as Minister for Magic, being the third ex-Auror to hold the post. Eventually he rose to become Head of the Auror Office. He originally joined the Ministry of Magic as an Auror, where he became a hardened veteran, spending most of his life fighting Dark Wizards. 1 August, 1997) was a British wizard who was a powerful ranking official in the Ministry of Magic. There was an immediate impression of shrewdness and toughness the Prime Minister thought he understood why the wizarding community preferred Scrimgeour to Fudge as a leader in these dangerous times." - Scrimgeour's outward disposition There were streaks of grey in his mane of tawny hair and his bushy eyebrows, he had keen yellowish eyes behind a pair of wire-rimmed spectacles and a certain rangy, loping grace even though he walked with a slight limp.


" The Prime Minister's first, foolish thought was that Rufus Scrimgeour looked rather like an old lion.
