David Cameron has made his big changes for his last major reshuffle before the 2015 general election, with a raft of women promoted to some senior positions while a few veteran male politicians have been shown the door.
However, other middle-aged men have been promoted. So, who has survived the reshuffle? Who has been promoted, sacked or moved? Check their faces and their new roles after the cut...
MOVED: New leader of the house William Hague
Hague has left the Foreign Office to be leader of the House of Commons
and First Secretary of State, planning to leave Parliament outright next year.
OUT: Leader of the House Andrew Lansley
SAFE: Chancellor George Osborne
SAFE: Home secretary Theresa May
IN: New defence secretary Michael Fallon
SAFE: Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith
SAFE: Justice secretary Chris Grayling
IN: New education secretary Nicky Morgan
SAFE: Communities secretary Eric Pickles
SAFE: Health secretary Jeremy Hunt
OUT: Environment secretary Owen Paterson
IN: New environment secretary Liz Truss
SAFE: International development secretary Justine Greening
SAFE: Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin
SAFE: Culture secretary Sajid Javid
SAFE: Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers
OUT: Welsh Secretary David Jones
IN: New welsh secretary Stephen Crabb
(On the right of this picture)
OUT: House of Lords leader Jonathan Hill
Lord Hill has been sent to Brussels to be the UK's new EU commissioner.
IN: New House of Lords leader Tina Stowell
MOVED: New foreign secretary Philip Hammond
Hammond has moved from defence secretary to foreign secretary to replace William Hague.
MOVED: New chief whip Michael Gove
Gove has been demoted from education secretary to chief whip. (Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Cabinet office minister Francis Maude
(Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Cabinet office minister Oliver Letwin
He also gets the job of Lord Privy Seal from Andrew Lansley. (Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Senior minister of state Baroness Warsi
Baroness Warsi keeps Foreign Office and community briefs. (Attending cabinet only.)
IN: New universities minister Greg Clark
Clark (on left) replaces David Willetts as universities minister. (Attending cabinet only.)
IN: New attorney general Jeremy Wright
Wright has been brought in as attorney general to replace Dominic Grieve. (Attending cabinet only.)
IN: Employment minister Esther McVey
(Attending cabinet only.)
SAFE: Tory chair Grant Shapps
(Attending cabinet only)
IN: Business minister Matthew Hancock
Hancock has been promoted so he now attends cabinet as business and energy minister, as well as minister for Portsmouth.
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