<P> Bertha Jorkins' character was written out of the film adaptation of Goblet of Fire due to time constraints . </P> <P> Rufus Scrimgeour serves as the Minister for Magic of the United Kingdom, succeeding Cornelius Fudge who was ousted by the wizarding community for his failure to announce the return of Voldemort, discrediting Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore, and allowing Dolores Umbridge to become Headmistress of Hogwarts, from Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince until his death in the following book . He is described as looking like an old lion with tawny hair and bushy eyebrows, yellow eyes and wire - rimmed spectacles . Before being selected as minister, Scrimgeour headed the Auror Office of the Ministry and he is heavily battle - scarred from his years of service as an Auror, giving him an appearance of shrewd toughness . As minister, he visits the Muggle Prime Minister with Fudge, now an advisor, to inform him about recent wizarding events, crucial to internal security . </P> <P> Scrimgeour, however tough he looked, was no better than Fudge . He (and the rest of the Ministry) was more concerned about the Ministry's reputation than seeing the danger the Death Eaters and Voldemort posed to the wizarding world, so they tried to make it look like the Ministry was making progress by covering up breakouts from Azkaban and arresting random suspects like Stan Shunpike . He also sought to raise the wizarding population's morale by asking Harry, who has been labelled as the "Chosen One", to be seen visiting the Ministry, so that the public would believe that Harry supports the Ministry's actions against Voldemort . This becomes a source of contention between the Minister and Dumbledore, who does not support this idea . Harry also rejects the role, primarily because of his own antagonistic history with the Ministry, and because of the Ministry's treatment of Dumbledore and Stan Shunpike . Scrimgeour makes a short appearance, looking tired and grim due to the pressures of his position, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at The Burrow with Dumbledore's will; a final argument promptly breaks out between Harry and him . </P> <P> Scrimgeour is assassinated shortly after the visit when Death Eaters take over the Ministry . He is rumoured to have been tortured for Harry's whereabouts by Ministry officials, under the control of the Imperius Curse, before he is killed . Harry felt a "rush of gratitude" to hear that Scrimgeour, in his final act, attempted to protect Harry by refusing to disclose his location . With the Ministry in Death Eaters' hands, the official line for Scrimgeour's death is that he resigned . </P>

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