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[[File:Dumbledore's speech at the Great Hall in 1996.JPG|thumb|250px|Hogwarts' Headmaster [[Albus Dumbledore]] stands in front of the students at the [[Great Hall]] during the [[Welcoming Feast]] in [[1996]].]]
 
[[File:Dumbledore's speech at the Great Hall in 1996.JPG|thumb|250px|Hogwarts' Headmaster [[Albus Dumbledore]] stands in front of the students at the [[Great Hall]] during the [[Welcoming Feast]] in [[1996]].]]
A '''Headmaster''' or '''Headmistress''' (or '''Highmaster''', in [[Durmstrang Institute]]) is the chief administrator of a School of [[Magic]] . They make all major decisions regarding the safety and the day-to-day functioning of the school, and have the power to override any decision made by any other authoritative facilitator at the school, with the possible exception of the [[Hogwarts Board of Governors|Board of Governors]] (and during a brief period in 1996, the "[[High Inquisitor]]"), in [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]. A Headmaster also controls the protective spells surrounding the school and the ability for certain individuals to enter or exit the grounds at will. The [[Hogwarts founders|four founders of Hogwarts]] ([[Helga Hufflepuff]] , [[Godric Gryffindor]] , [[Salazar Slytherin]] , and [[Rowena Ravenclaw]] ) are not considered heads, despite leading the school during their time.
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A '''Headmaster''' or '''Headmistress''' is the chief administrator of a School of [[Magic]]. They make all major decisions regarding the safety and the day-to-day functioning of the school, and have the power to override any decision made by any other authoritative facilitator at the school, with the possible exception of the [[Hogwarts Board of Governors|Board of Governors]] (and during a brief period in 1996, the "[[High Inquisitor]]"), in [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]. A Headmaster also controls the protective spells surrounding the school and the ability for certain individuals to enter or exit the grounds at will. The [[Hogwarts founders|four founders of Hogwarts]] ([[Helga Hufflepuff]], [[Godric Gryffindor]], [[Salazar Slytherin]], and [[Rowena Ravenclaw]] ) are not considered heads, despite leading the school during their time.
   
Hogwarts also has a '''Deputy headmaster''' or '''Deputy Headmistress''' (depending on gender) that assists the headmaster in his duties. In the event of a headmaster's incapacitation, the deputy headmaster serves as temporary headmaster until the Board of Governors can elect a new, permanent one. There can also be more than one deputy headmaster, as the [[Alecto and Amycus Carrow|Carrow siblings]] served under [[Severus Snape]].
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Hogwarts also has a '''Deputy Headmaster''' or '''Deputy Headmistress''' (depending on gender) that assists the headmaster in his duties. In the event of a headmaster's incapacitation, the deputy headmaster serves as temporary headmaster until the Board of Governors can elect a new, permanent one. There can also be more than one deputy headmaster, as the [[Alecto and Amycus Carrow|Carrow siblings]] served under [[Severus Snape]] when Voldemort took over Hogwarts.
   
 
==Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry==
 
==Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry==
 
===Headmasters===
 
===Headmasters===
 
Known Headmasters of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]:
 
Known Headmasters of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]:
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{| class="wikitable" border="1"
*[[First Headmaster of Hogwarts]] (early [[11th century]])
 
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! width="11%" align="center" |Portrait
*[[Phyllida Spore]] (sometime before [[1400s|1408]])<ref name="GFf21">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)]]'' - Chapter 21 (''The Pensieve'')</ref>
 
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! width="29%" align="center" |Headmaster<br /><small>(term of office)</small>
*[[Eoessa Sakndenberg]] (sometime before [[1500s|1503]])<ref name="CoS/f">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' DVD (Disc 2 - ''Dumbledore's Office'')</ref>
 
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! width="29%" align="center" |Notes
*[[Ambrose Swott]] (sometime around the late [[Wikipedia:Tudor period|Tudor period]])<ref name="CoS/f"/>
 
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|-
*[[Vindictus Veridian]] (sometime before [[1700s|1703]])<ref name="WWHP">''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]''</ref>
 
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| align="center" |[[File:1st Headmaster.jpg|115px]]
*[[Dilys Derwent]] (1741-1768)
 
 
| align="center" |[[First Headmaster of Hogwarts]]<br /><small>Early [[11th century]]</small>
*[[Headteacher of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during 1792|Unidentified Professor]] ([[1790s]])
 
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|
*[[Phineas Nigellus Black]] (sometime in the late 19th century to before 1926)
 
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|-
*[[Newton Scamander]] (sometime in the early 20th century)<ref name="CoS/f"/>
 
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| align="center" |[[File:Unidentified Headmaster1.jpg|82px]]
*[[Armando Dippet]] (early 20th century-1956)
 
 
| align="center" |[[Unidentified Hogwarts Headmaster (I)|Unidentified Headmaster]]
*[[Albus Dumbledore]] (1956-1997) {{comment|Suspended in 1993, later reinstated; assumed to have been sacked in 1996 after escaping a Ministry attempt to arrest him, reinstated later that year}}
 
 
<ref name="CoS/f"/>
*[[Minerva McGonagall]] (Acting) (1993)
 
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|-
*[[Dolores Umbridge]] (1996) {{comment|Note: though Umbridge was proclaimed headmistress, she was not acknowledged as such by the headmaster's office, which shut her out for the remainder of the year. In addition, her portrait does not hang in the headmaster's office.}}
 
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| align="center" |[[File:BrianGagwilde.png|82px]]
*[[Minerva McGonagall]] (Acting) (1997)
 
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| align="center" |[[Brian Gagwilde]]
*[[Severus Snape]] (1997-1998)
 
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|-
 
 
| align="center" |[[File:Heliotrope Wilkins.jpg|87px]]
===Headmasters from an unknown time period===
 
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| align="center" |[[Heliotrope Wilkins]]
*[[Basil Fronsac]]<ref name="CoS/f"/>
 
 
<ref name="CoS/f"/>
*[[Dexter Fortescue]]
 
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|-
*[[Everard]]
 
 
| align="center" |[[File:PhyllidaSpore2.jpg|130px]]
*[[Heliotrope Wilkins]]<ref name="CoS/f"/>
 
 
| align="center" |[[Phyllida Spore]]<br /><small>-[[1400s|1408]]<ref name="GFf21">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)]]'' - Chapter 21 (''The Pensieve'')</ref></small>
*[[Quintin Trimble]]<ref>''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]''</ref>
 
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|-
*[[Unidentified Hogwarts Headmaster (I)|Unidentified Headmaster]]<ref name="CoS/f"/>
 
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| align="center" |[[File:Eoessa.jpg|82px]]
*[[Unidentified Hogwarts Headmistress|Unidentified Headmistress]]
 
 
| align="center" |[[Edessa Sakndenberg]]<br /><small>-[[1500s|1503]]<ref name="CoS/f">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' DVD (Disc 2 - ''Dumbledore's Office'')</ref></small>
*[[Vulpus]]<ref name="CoS/f"/>
 
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|-
*[[Limebert]]<ref name="CoS/f"/>
 
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| align="center" |[[File:FytherleyUndercliffe.JPG|82px]]
*[[Walter Aragon]]<ref>''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''</ref>
 
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| align="center" |[[Fytherley Undercliffe]]<br /><small>-[[1530s|1531]]<ref name="HPLE">''[[Harry Potter Limited Edition]]'' - ''The Paintings of Hogwarts: Masterpieces from the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Sets''</ref></small>
*[[Unidentified Chessmasters and Headmasters of Hogwarts]]
 
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|-
 
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| align="center" |[[File:Elizabeth Burke full.jpg|82px]]
<gallery widths="82" orientation="portrait" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="left">
 
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| align="center" |[[Elizabeth Burke]]
File:1st Headmaster.jpg|[[First Headmaster of Hogwarts]]
 
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|-
File:Unidentified Headmaster1.jpg|[[Unidentified Hogwarts Headmaster (I)|Unidentified Headmaster]]
 
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| align="center" |[[File:Vulpus.JPG|88px]]
File:Heliotrope Wilkins.jpg|[[Heliotrope Wilkins]]
 
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| align="center" |[[Vulpus]]
File:PhyllidaSpore2.jpg|[[Phyllida Spore]]
 
 
<ref name="CoS/f"/>
File:Eoessa.jpg|[[Eoessa Sakndenberg]]
 
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|-
File:Amberose.jpg|[[Ambrose Swott]]
 
 
| align="center" |[[File:Everard 1.jpg|90px]]
File:Vulpus.JPG|[[Vulpus]]
 
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| align="center" |[[Everard]]<br /><small>[[18th century|18th]]/[[19th century]]<ref name="Clothing">Assumption based on clothing.</ref></small>
File:Everard 1.jpg|[[Everard]]
 
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|-
File:VindictusViridian3.jpg|[[Vindictus Veridian]]
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| align="center" |[[File:VindictusViridian3.jpg|82px]]
File:Professor Quentin Trimble.jpg|[[Quintin Trimble]]
 
 
| align="center" |[[Vindictus Veridian]]<br /><small>-[[1700s|1703]]<ref name="WWHP">''[[The Wizarding World of Harry Potter]]''</ref></small>
File:Limebert.jpg|[[Limebert]]
 
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|-
File:PhineasNBlack.jpg|[[Phineas Nigellus Black]]
 
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| align="center" |[[File:Amberose.jpg|82px]]
File:Basil Fronsac Old.jpg|[[Basil Fronsac]]
 
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| align="center" |[[Amrose Swott]]<br /><small>-[[1720s|1724]]<ref name="HPLE"/></small>
File:Walter Aragon.JPG|[[Walter Aragon]]
 
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|-
File:Newton Scamander.jpg|[[Newton Scamander]]
 
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| align="center" |
File:Dippet Portrait.jpg|[[Armando Dippet]]
 
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| align="center" |[[Dilys Derwent]]<br /><small>[[1740s|1741]]-[[1760s|1768]]</small>
File:Albus Dumbledore (HBP promo) 1.jpg|[[Albus Dumbledore]]
 
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|-
File:Dolores Umbridge.PNG|[[Dolores Umbridge]]
 
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| align="center" |
File:Severus Snape.jpg|[[Severus Snape]]
 
 
| align="center" |[[Headteacher of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during 1792|Unidentified Professor]]<br /><small>[[1790s]]</small>
File:Mcgonagall headshot.PNG|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
 
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|-
</gallery>
 
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| align="center" |
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| align="center" |[[Eupraxia Mole]]<br /><small>[[1870s|1876]]</small>
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|-
 
| align="center" |[[File:Professor Quentin Trimble.jpg|89px]]
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| align="center" |[[Quentin Trimble]]
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<ref name="WWHP"/>
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|-
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| align="center" |[[File:Limebert.jpg|88px]]
 
| align="center" |[[Limebert]]
 
<ref name="CoS/f"/>
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|-
  +
| align="center" |
 
| align="center" |[[Dexter Fortescue]]
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|-
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| align="center" |[[File:PhineasNBlack.jpg|86px]]
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| align="center" |[[Phineas Nigellus Black]]<br /><small>-[[1920s|1925]]</small>
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|-
 
| align="center" |[[File:Basil Fronsac Old.jpg|82px]]
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| align="center" |[[Basil Fronsac]]
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<ref name="CoS/f"/>
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|-
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| align="center" |[[File:Walter Aragon.JPG|82px]]
 
| align="center" |[[Walter Aragon]]
 
<ref>''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''</ref>
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|-
  +
| align="center" |
 
| align="center" |[[Unidentified resting headmaster|Unidentified Headmaster]]
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|-
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| align="center" |[[File:BeardedManHoldingABook.jpg|100px]]
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| align="center" |[[Portrait of a bearded man holding a book|Unidentified Headmaster]]
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|-
  +
| align="center" |
 
| align="center" |[[Unidentified Hogwarts Headmistress|Unidentified Headmistress]]
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|-
 
| align="center" |[[File:Dippet Portrait.jpg|82px]]
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| align="center" |[[Armando Dippet]]<br /><small>-[[1950s|1956]]</small>
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|-
 
| align="center" |[[File:Albus Dumbledore (HBP promo) 1.jpg|82px]]
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| align="center" |[[Albus Dumbledore]]<br /><small>1956-1997</small>
 
|Suspended in 1993, later reinstated; assumed to have been sacked in 1996 after escaping a Ministry attempt to arrest him, reinstated later that year
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|-
 
| align="center" |[[File:Mcgonagall headshot.PNG|82px]]
 
| align="center" |[[Minerva McGonagall]] (Acting)<br /><small>1993</small>
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|-
 
| align="center" |[[File:Dolores Umbridge.PNG|82px]]
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| align="center" |[[Dolores Umbridge]]<br /><small>1996</small>
 
|Though Umbridge was proclaimed headmistress, she was not acknowledged as such by the headmaster's office, which shut her out for the remainder of the year.
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|-
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| align="center" |[[File:Mcgonagall headshot.PNG|82px]]
 
| align="center" |[[Minerva McGonagall]] (Acting)<br /><small>1997</small>
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|-
 
| align="center" |[[File:Severus Snape.jpg|82px]]
 
| align="center" |[[Severus Snape]]<br /><small>1997-1998</small>
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|-
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| align="center" |[[File:Mcgonagall headshot.PNG|82px]]
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| align="center" |[[Minerva McGonagall]]<br /><small>1998 to sometime between 2011 and 2017</small>
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|-
  +
| align="center" |
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| align="center" |[[Minerva McGonagall's successor]]<br /><small>sometime between 2011 and 2017</small>
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|}
   
 
===Deputy Headmasters===
 
===Deputy Headmasters===
 
Known Deputy Headmasters of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]:
 
Known Deputy Headmasters of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]:
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{| class="wikitable" border="1"
*[[Minerva McGonagall]] (after [[1950s|1956]]-[[1 September]], [[1997]])
 
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! width="11%" align="center" |Portrait
*[[Alecto Carrow]] ([[1 September]], [[1997]]-[[2 May]], [[1998]])
 
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! width="29%" align="center" |Deputy Headmaster<br /><small>(term of office)</small>
*[[Amycus Carrow]] ([[1 September]], [[1997]]-[[2 May]], [[1998]])
 
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|-
 
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| align="center" |[[File:Mcgonagall headshot.PNG|82px]]
<gallery widths="98" position="center" orientation="portrait" captionalign="left">
 
File:Mcgonagall headshot.PNG|[[Minerva McGonagall]]
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| align="center" |[[Minerva McGonagall]]<br /><small>after [[1950s|1956]]-[[1 September]], [[1997]]</small>
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|-
File:Alecthog.jpg|[[Alecto Carrow]]
 
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| align="center" |[[File:Alecto-DH2.jpg|98px]]
File:Death Eater-Amycus Carrow-02.jpg|[[Amycus Carrow]]
 
 
| align="center" |[[Alecto Carrow]]<br /><small>[[1 September]], [[1997]]-[[2 May]], [[1998]]</small>
</gallery>
 
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|-
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| align="center" |[[File:AmycusCarrow.png|98px]]
 
| align="center" |[[Amycus Carrow]]<br /><small>[[1 September]], [[1997]]-[[2 May]], [[1998]]</small>
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|}
   
 
==Durmstrang Institute==
 
==Durmstrang Institute==
 
 
Known Headmasters of [[Durmstrang Institute]]:
 
Known Headmasters of [[Durmstrang Institute]]:
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{| class="wikitable" border="1"
*[[Headteacher of Durmstrang Institute during 1792|Unidentified Professor]] ([[1790s]])
 
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! width="11%" align="center" |Portrait
*[[Igor Karkaroff]] (Unknown-1995)
 
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! width="29%" align="center" |Headmaster<br /><small>(term of office)</small>
 
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|-
<gallery widths="174" orientation="portrait" spacing="medium" position="center" captionalign="left" columns="dynamic">
 
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| align="center" |
IgorKarkaroff.jpg|[[Igor Karkaroff]]
 
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| align="center" |[[Nerida Vulchanova]]<br /><small>pre-[[1290s]]</small>
</gallery>
 
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|-
  +
| align="center" |
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| align="center" |[[Harfang Munter]]
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|-
  +
| align="center" |
 
| align="center" |[[Headteacher of Durmstrang Institute during 1792|Unidentified Professor]]<br /><small>[[1790s]]</small>
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|-
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| align="center" |[[File:IgorKarkaroff.jpg|174px]]
 
| align="center" |[[Igor Karkaroff]]<br /><small>Unknown-1995</small>
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|}
   
 
==Beauxbatons Academy of Magic==
 
==Beauxbatons Academy of Magic==
 
Known Headmasters of [[Beauxbatons Academy of Magic]]:
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{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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! width="11%" align="center" |Portrait
  +
! width="29%" align="center" |Headmaster<br /><small>(term of office)</small>
  +
|-
  +
| align="center" |
 
| align="center" |[[Headteacher of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic during 1792|Unidentified Professor]]<br /><small>[[1790s]]</small>
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|-
  +
| align="center" |[[File:Maime.jpg|322px]]
 
| align="center" |[[Olympe Maxime]]<br /><small>Unknown-Unknown</small>
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|}
   
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==Behind the scenes==
Known Headmasters of [[Beauxbatons Academy of Magic]]:
 
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*In the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', Dumbledore refers to Karkaroff's title as "Highmaster." ''[[Pottermore]]'', however, confirms that the title of Headmaster is used at Durmstrang as well.
*[[Headteacher of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic during 1792|Unidentified Professor]] ([[1790s]])
 
*[[Olympe Maxime]] (Unknown-Unknown)
 
<gallery widths="174" orientation="portrait" spacing="medium" position="center" captionalign="left" columns="dynamic">
 
Maime.jpg|[[Olympe Maxime]]
 
</gallery>
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==

Revision as of 18:20, 18 February 2015

Dumbledore's speech at the Great Hall in 1996

Hogwarts' Headmaster Albus Dumbledore stands in front of the students at the Great Hall during the Welcoming Feast in 1996.

A Headmaster or Headmistress is the chief administrator of a School of Magic. They make all major decisions regarding the safety and the day-to-day functioning of the school, and have the power to override any decision made by any other authoritative facilitator at the school, with the possible exception of the Board of Governors (and during a brief period in 1996, the "High Inquisitor"), in Hogwarts. A Headmaster also controls the protective spells surrounding the school and the ability for certain individuals to enter or exit the grounds at will. The four founders of Hogwarts (Helga Hufflepuff, Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, and Rowena Ravenclaw ) are not considered heads, despite leading the school during their time.

Hogwarts also has a Deputy Headmaster or Deputy Headmistress (depending on gender) that assists the headmaster in his duties. In the event of a headmaster's incapacitation, the deputy headmaster serves as temporary headmaster until the Board of Governors can elect a new, permanent one. There can also be more than one deputy headmaster, as the Carrow siblings served under Severus Snape when Voldemort took over Hogwarts.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Headmasters

Known Headmasters of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry:

Portrait Headmaster
(term of office)
Notes
1st Headmaster First Headmaster of Hogwarts
Early 11th century
Unidentified Headmaster1 Unidentified Headmaster

[1]

BrianGagwilde Brian Gagwilde
Heliotrope Wilkins Heliotrope Wilkins

[1]

PhyllidaSpore2 Phyllida Spore
-1408[2]
Eoessa Edessa Sakndenberg
-1503[1]
FytherleyUndercliffe Fytherley Undercliffe
-1531[3]
Elizabeth Burke full Elizabeth Burke
Vulpus Vulpus

[1]

Everard 1 Everard
18th/19th century[4]
VindictusViridian3 Vindictus Veridian
-1703[5]
Amberose Amrose Swott
-1724[3]
Dilys Derwent
1741-1768
Unidentified Professor
1790s
Eupraxia Mole
1876
Professor Quentin Trimble Quentin Trimble

[5]

Limebert Limebert

[1]

Dexter Fortescue
PhineasNBlack Phineas Nigellus Black
-1925
Basil Fronsac Old Basil Fronsac

[1]

Walter Aragon Walter Aragon

[6]

Unidentified Headmaster
BeardedManHoldingABook Unidentified Headmaster
Unidentified Headmistress
Dippet Portrait Armando Dippet
-1956
Albus Dumbledore (HBP promo) 1 Albus Dumbledore
1956-1997
Suspended in 1993, later reinstated; assumed to have been sacked in 1996 after escaping a Ministry attempt to arrest him, reinstated later that year
Mcgonagall headshot Minerva McGonagall (Acting)
1993
Dolores Umbridge Dolores Umbridge
1996
Though Umbridge was proclaimed headmistress, she was not acknowledged as such by the headmaster's office, which shut her out for the remainder of the year.
Mcgonagall headshot Minerva McGonagall (Acting)
1997
Severus Snape Severus Snape
1997-1998
Mcgonagall headshot Minerva McGonagall
1998 to sometime between 2011 and 2017
Minerva McGonagall's successor
sometime between 2011 and 2017

Deputy Headmasters

Known Deputy Headmasters of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry:

Portrait Deputy Headmaster
(term of office)
Mcgonagall headshot Minerva McGonagall
after 1956-1 September, 1997
Alecto-DH2 Alecto Carrow
1 September, 1997-2 May, 1998
AmycusCarrow Amycus Carrow
1 September, 1997-2 May, 1998

Durmstrang Institute

Known Headmasters of Durmstrang Institute:

Portrait Headmaster
(term of office)
Nerida Vulchanova
pre-1290s
Harfang Munter
Unidentified Professor
1790s
IgorKarkaroff Igor Karkaroff
Unknown-1995

Beauxbatons Academy of Magic

Known Headmasters of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic:

Portrait Headmaster
(term of office)
Unidentified Professor
1790s
Maime Olympe Maxime
Unknown-Unknown

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) DVD (Disc 2 - Dumbledore's Office)
  2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) - Chapter 21 (The Pensieve)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter Limited Edition - The Paintings of Hogwarts: Masterpieces from the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Sets
  4. Assumption based on clothing.
  5. 5.0 5.1 The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
  6. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4