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I don't like The Cursed Child at all, but since JKR has confirmed that it's canon, can someone tell me how Hermione ends up as Minister for Magic? It's quite evident that she probably has the educational qualifications and skills required but she isn't really shown to have great leadership or diplomacy skills, which, even as a Minister for Magic, is something extremely necessary to have.

Moreover, in Chapter 7 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ("The Will of Albus Dumbledore"), when Scrimgeour suggests that she should pursue a career in Magical Law, she retorts that she wouldn't because she "wants to do some good to the world".

So, after two books of hating the way the Ministry actually functions, why did she want to take charge? This seems pretty out of character to me.

Hermione's post-Hogwarts career is detailed in an interview with JKR. In short, she decided to work at the Ministry in order to further her SPEW campaign. Over time she became known as a powerful and progressive voice for liberal modern wizarding

JKR: Harry and Ron utterly revolutionized the Auror Department at the
Ministry of Magic... Hermione began her post-Hogwarts career at the
Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures where
she was instrumental in greatly improving life for house-elves and
their ilk. She then moved (despite her jibe to Scrimgeour) to the
Department of Magical Law Enforcement where she was a progressive
voice who ensured the eradication of oppressive, pro-pureblood laws.

_{^{Bloomsbury Live Chat with JKR}}

In the Quidditch World Cup (2014) article written by Rita Skeeter and published on Pottemore, we learn that she was already tipped as a future Minister for Magic, described as a "ruthless careerist".

Hermione Granger, of course, was always the femme fatale of the group.
Press reports of the time revealed that as a teenager she toyed with
the young Potter’s affections before being seduced away by the
muscular Viktor Krum, finally settling for Potter’s faithful sidekick.
After a meteoric rise to Deputy Head of the Department of Magical Law
Enforcement, she is now tipped to go even higher within the Ministry,
and is also mother to son, Hugo, and daughter, Rose. Does Hermione
Granger prove that a witch really can have it all? (No – look at her
hair.)

_{^{Quidditch World Cup 2014 - The Compiled Articles via Reddit.}}

and

Almost all of the Weasley family are supporting Brazil. Certainly
nobody can have expected Ronald to cheer on his wife's ex-boyfriend.
Both his children – Rose, who appears to have inherited her father's
unfortunate hair, and Hugo, who has his mother's bushy locks – are
decked out in green, but Hermione Granger is not wearing anything to
indicate which team she is supporting. Does she secretly hope to see
Krum take the trophy at last? Or is this the kind of diplomatic
neutrality one might expect of a ruthless careerist whose long-term
ambition is undoubtedly to be Minister for Magic?

_{^{Quidditch World Cup 2014 - The Compiled Articles via Reddit.}}

Given her connections to Harry Potter and the (now victorious) Order of the Phoenix, it would seem that her personal charisma, coupled with her deep connections to the great and powerful meant that she was able to rise to the position of Minister for Magic with relative ease.

I personally think that Harry potter would rise up to be minister of magic after hermione, but I don't really agree that hermione should be in the minister of magic. She panickes when it comes to real life figiting, and she does not have that much of a commanding voice.