I don't have access to my copy of Prisoner of Azkaban currently, but I'm pretty sure I remember correctly that Lucius Malfoy is one of he school governors, since he is a big part of Hagrid's appeal and Buckbeak's attempted execution. But as I was rereading Chamber of Secrets, I noticed this:
Lucius Malfoy had been sacked as a school governor. Draco was no longer strutting around the school as if he owned the place.
Am I wrong? Or is it someone else?
Answer
There's no indication that Lucius was reinstated as a Governor.
When the governors write to Hagrid, the book reads:
We have decided to uphold the official complaint of Mr. Lucius Malfoy, and this matter will therefore be taken to the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures. [...]
There followed a list of the school governors.
It seems a little unusual for the governors to be deciding on this issue if Malfoy was still among their members. (And Harry et al. know that Lucius was fired as governor; they'd be able to point out a conflict of interest/foul play if he'd been reinstated and was ruling on his own case.)
Hagrid makes strong implications that he can stiffarm the governors and/or Ministry, but doesn't mention anything about his reinstatement:
“Them Disposal devils, they're all in Lucius Malfoy’s pocket! Scared o’ him!” [...]
“That Commitee's in Lucius Malfoy’s pocket.”
“Yeh know what Lucius Malfoy’s like... threatened ’em, I expect... an’ the executioner, Macnair, he’s an old pal o’ Malfoy’s”
but that simply stems from the fact that he was well-connected, and exerted considerable political influence. He doesn't need to be a governor to do that (although he took advantage of it when he was a governor).
I searched the text of Prisoner of Azkaban for all mentions of the word "Lucius" and "governor"; there's nothing which mentions his reinstatement.
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