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Prime Minister-designate John Key has revealed the line-up of 14 men and six womenthat will run the country for the next three years.
The Prime Minister-in-waiting has named a mix of old and new in the ministerial team which will have a huge influence on policies affecting you at home.
Among the big winners is
Murray McCully who will get a second time
around as minister with the foreign affairs portfolio.
One of the highest flyers is
Paula Bennett who, after three years in
Parliament, will run the social development ministry.
The 39-year-old solo mum who spent years on the domestic purposes benefit is now in charge of handing out welfare as party of the ministry's near $20 billion budget.
National's longest serving MP Lockwood Smith will be the Speaker.
The biggest loser is Maurice Williamson who moves from the front bench to a minister's position outside of Cabinet.
He is joined there by Richard Worth and John Carter .
Other long serving MPs to miss out entirely include Paul Hutchinson and Lindsay Tisch .
Those favoured by Key include Chris Finlayson (Attorney-General and treaty negotiations), Tim Groser (trade) and Kate Wilkinson (labour).
Steven Joyce is probably the biggest bolter though.
He will be sworn in as a minister (transport and associate infrastructure) even before he gets to sit in an MP's chair in Parliament.
Not all National veterans were sidelined, with many picking up widely predicted or signalled roles.
Bill English is Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister and Gerry Brownlee is Leader of the House, Energy Minister and Economic Development Minister.
Former National ministers Tony Ryall (health) and Nick Smith (environment and climate change) are joined by new ministers Brownlee, Simon Power (justice), Judith Collins (police and corrections) and Anne Tolley (education) to make up the front bench.
Click here to see the full Cabinet list and their portfolios
