Scotland's first minister, Jack McConnell, unveiled his cabinet yesterday with a promise to restore public confidence in devolution.
The line-up raises the profile of Labour's Liberal Democrat coalition partners, and reflects the executive's commitment to tackle youth crime and anti-social behaviour.
Jim Wallace, the Lib Dem leader and deputy first minister, moves from justice to enterprise and lifelong learning. He is joined by two other Lib Dem cabinet ministers, Nicol Stephen at transport and Ross Finnie at environment, and two junior ministers.
The former education minister, Cathy Jamieson, becomes justice minister, responsible for overseeing the Labour youth crime initiative, which would penalise the parents of persistent young offenders. The proposal put great strain on coalition talks between Labour and the Lib Dems, but the latter agreed in return for PR in local government elections by 2007, and more places in the executive.
The finance minister, Andy Kerr, an ally of Mr McConnell, retains his brief, but Mike Watson has lost his job as minister for tourism. There had been speculation that Mr McConnell would try to bring back Wendy Alexander, the former enterprise minister, but she was not named in yesterday's reshuffle.
Stung by criticism during the election that Holyrood was top-heavy, Mr McConnell has cut his ministerial team from 20 to 18. And although the cabinet has increased from 10 to 11, two will receive the salary of a deputy minister.
With a coalition majority of five, and an opposition strengthened by Greens and Socialists, Mr McConnell will have his work cut out in Holyrood's second term.
"We have reached a turning point in our young parliament," he said yesterday. "Our second term provides us with a chance to change Scotland for good.
"The high expectations people had for the parliament must be realised."