Now, there was an ex-Slytherin as Minister - one of the trusted members of Hermione's Inner Circle - who took care of the day to day running of the country that had just been savaged by war, replacing arrested Death Eaters with Hermione's own chosen few as heads of the most important and influential departments of the government. The new Minister was building the country back up to its former glory while also sowing the seeds for when Hermione returned from her well-deserved break for her wedding and went straight into the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.