" MINISTER: Ulick Gamp TERM OF OFFICE: 1707 – 1718 Previously head of the Wizengamot, Gamp had the onerous job of policing a fractious and frightened community adjusting to the imposition of the International Statute of Secrecy. His greatest legacy was to found the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. "

― J.K. Rowling , Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists (Pottermore Presents, #2)