New First Minister Humza Yousaf with his cabinet on the steps of Bute House in Edinburgh
The new cabinet announced by Humza Yousaf is the seventh since the SNP came to power in 2007.
Here are the different line-ups from the last 15 years.
2007 – Alex Salmond’s first cabinet
The SNP came to power in 2007, with Alex Salmond as first minister and Nicola Sturgeon as his deputy. Permanet Secretary Sir John Elvidge is also pictured (centre)
2011 – Bigger team after election win
Alex Salmond announced a new, larger Scottish cabinet in the wake of the SNP’s landslide election victory in 2011
2014 – The Nicola Sturgeon era begins
Nicola Sturgeon unveiled her first cabinet after taking over as first minister in 2014
2016 – Another SNP win, another Sturgeon cabinet
Nicola Sturgeon led a minority SNP government after the party won 63 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament in May 2016
2018 – A gender balanced team
Nicola Sturgeon reshuffled her cabinet in June 2018, expanding it to 12 members
2021 – Sturgeon’s line-up after election win
Social distancing was in place when the new cabinet was unveiled in 2021
2023 – Humza Yousaf’s majority women cabinet
Humza Yousaf’s cabinet is the first since the SNP came to power which does not include Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney
