HUMZA Yousaf will hold his first Cabinet meeting as First Minister on Friday.
The newly elected SNP leader will chair the meeting at his official residence, Bute House in Edinburgh.
On Thursday, MSPs voted along constitutional lines to approve his Cabinet and junior ministerial appointments by 71 votes to 56.
Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney chose to step away from frontbench politics, while Kate Forbes turned down the chance to serve under Yousaf as rural affairs secretary and Keith Brown was not offered a role in his Government.
Yousaf described his new government team as a “changing of the guard”.
He told the chamber: “It’s a refreshed line-up for a new era of government.
“And as we look to the challenges of the future, it’s very much a changing of the guard.”
Yousaf's new Cabinet is the first since devolution to be majority female, with six women against four men. This minor imbalance is also reflected government-wide, with 15 women against 13 men when junior ministers are taken into account.
The average age of the Cabinet –under Nicola Sturgeon at 48.6 – is down to 44.1 under Yousaf. It is thought to be the first female-majority Cabinet.
All those appointed to the top table backed Yousaf on the campaign trail with the exception of Angela Constance who did not publicly come out for any contender.
