Question: After Voldemort's death, is anyone able to teach Defense Against Dark Arts for more than a year?
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Answer: Yes. According to J.K. Rowling in interviews, the curse Voldemort had cast on the Defense Against the Dark Arts position preventing any teacher lasting more than one year, was finally broken upon his death, and from then on any instructor lasted beyond twelve months.
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In the movies it is never mentioned that Voldemort cursed the DADA post or even applied for this position.
It is mentioned in the books.