Minister Willets Greengrass

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Biography
Minister Greengrass had very little known to the public about her school years, as she studied at the Japanese school of magic, Mahoutokoro. After school she worked as an ambassador and consultant to the Japanese Ministry for Magic, while finishing up further schooling before heading home to the British Isles. Known for her sweet nature, and passion to do right by her magical brethren, she is the face to soften the image of the New Ministry. However, she is staunch in her belief that good can be done through the system, through that law and its reformation (as opposed to violent revolution),

Return to Europe
Once back, she settled down, married _____ Greengrass and had her only daughter Astoria Greengrass. She worked in the Department for International Magical Cooperation, but had a lot of important working relationships with the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, having expertise in the International Confederation of Wizards' Statute of Secrecy.

The Recent War
In the most recent war, she knew there was nothing she could do to stop the terrorists, and focused on change she could make. At the beginning of the war’s high point the Ministry was allowing for more and more pureblood ideas and ideals to shape the government. She seized the opportunity to make real internal reform, sidestepping the position of Head of Department of International Magical Cooperation, and founding the Department of Magical Law Interpretion. Since the end of the war, she has passed legislation to revolutionize the Wizengamot, essentially turning it into a tiered court, and the lower

court of the International Confederation of Wizards.

Inaugural Speech
Upon inauguration, the Minsters were to make their acceptance speech. The transcript of hers is as follows:

"We observe today not a victory of any political movement, but a celebration of liberation, signifying change that comes with the eradication of terrorism to the  Magical Community of the British Isles.

"Magic-users alike, I speak to you now, a humble civil servant. The world is new, and ever-shifting. We have immense and untested power to abolish all forms of harm and danger to our kind, or all forms wizarding life. But, it is the revolutionary belief that I hold, and I am sure you hold, too, that the rights and safety of wizardkind come not from the generosity of the state, but from people.

"Let us not forget on this eve of reformation that we are the fortunate heirs of a revolution. We overcame the dark of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named almost two decades ago. Let the world know that the responsibility of our livelihoods has been bequeathed unto a new generation, tempered by war, remade in our pyrrhic peace, but proud of our long-standing heritage. We recommit ourselves to the safety and security to which we as a people have always been devoted.

"This we pledge — and more.

"To that world assembly of sovereign magical states, the International Confederation of Wizards, you are our ultimate hope in a time where we have witnessed the armament of the malicious far outpace the instruments of peace. We renew our pledge of cooperation.

"Lastly, to those who would make themselves the adversary of our new, and peaceful order, my colleagues and I offer you not a vow, or oath, but an appeal: that you begin your own quest for peace, before the dark powers of ruination unleashed by Magic itself overcome all humankind in purposeful, or accidental self-annihilation.

"We will not allow ourselves to bend in weakness. We will begin anew. We will remember that civility is not a fault, and sincerity can always be proven. We will never compromise out of fear, but we will never fear to negotiate. We will celebrate that which unites us, and dispel the problems that divide us.

"We will pursue the invocation of magic’s wonder, and forsake the mastery, or practical scholarship of its terror.

"In the history of our world, no other generation has been granted the role of defending safety and secrecy in its hour of maximum danger. I do not cower from this duty -- I welcome it. I believe that we are a people renewed. I believe that we would not give this opportunity up to be any other people in any other place in any other time. This generation has been ignited to a roaring, roiling fire that will light the way into our future, and that will fuel our movement into a bright, new age.

"We have an unfamiliar political era. The Ministry is reconstructing itself. Your participation has never been so vital. And so, I implore all of you listening now: challenge us to do all we can for you, but also what you can do for your New Ministry. Thank you."