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In pictures: SNP cabinets down the years

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The new cabinet announced by John Swinney is the eighth since the SNP came to power in 2007.

Here are the different line-ups from the last 17 years.

2007 - Alex Salmond's first cabinet

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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

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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

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Nicola Sturgeon unveiled her first cabinet after taking over as first minister in 2014

2016 - Another SNP win, another Sturgeon cabinet

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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

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Nicola Sturgeon reshuffled her cabinet in June 2018, expanding it to 12 members

2021 - Sturgeon's line-up after election win

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Social distancing was in place when the new cabinet was unveiled in 2021

2023 - Humza Yousaf's majority women cabinet

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Humza Yousaf's cabinet was the first since the SNP came to power which did not include Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney

2024 - John Swinney's cabinet

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Kate Forbes was appointed deputy forst miniser in John Swinney's cabinet

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