Nicolas Sarkozy cabinet reshuffle

OUT: Fadela Amara, 46. The leftwinger's entry into government in 2007 caused a storm given her previous support of the opposition Socialist party. Presented her plan Espoir Banlieues (Hope for the Suburbs) in 2008 but it subsequently appeared to sink without trace. That year she announced she would not vote for Sarkozy in 2012 Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA

OUT: The Dakar-born Rama Yade, 33, was first appointed junior minister in charge of foreign affairs and human rights before becoming sports minister Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters

OUT: Eric Woerth, 54. The former budget minister successfully pushed through Sarkozy’s controversial pension reforms but was caught up in a scandal over alleged illegal political donations to the ruling party by the L’Oréal heiress Lilian Bettencourt. He denies any wrongdoing Photograph: Lucas Dolega/EPA

OUT: Bernard Kouchner, 71. The appointment of former Socialist health minister and co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières to the foreign brief was vaunted by Sarkozy as a sign of his willingness to open up his government to members of the opposition. Kouchner's out Photograph: Wael Hamzeh/EPA

IN: Alain Juppé, 65. A former prime minister during Jacques Chirac's presidency, Juppé was convicted of illegal party funding in 2004. But he returns as defence minister Photograph: Jean Pierre Muller/AFP

IN: Brice Hortefeux, 52. Previously interior minister and minister for overseas territories, he keeps his post and sees it enlarged to include immigration. A hardliner and a close friend of Sarkozy Photograph: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters

IN: Jeannette Bougrab, 37, is in as junior minister for youth Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP

IN: Deputy of the centrist Union for French Democracy (UDF), Maurice Leroy, 51 Photograph: Stephane De Sakutin/AFP

IN: The former minister for rural areas, Michel Mercier, 63, takes over from Dati at the justice ministry Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP

IN: Former justice minister Michèle Alliot-Marie, 64, replaces Kouchner as foreign minister Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA

IN: Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, 37, becomes minister for ecology, sustainable development, transport and housing. A huge portfolio and meteoric political rise for the woman nicknamed NKM and descended from Polish nobility Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP

IN: Xavier Bertrand, 45. The former secretary general of Sarkozy’s UMP party becomes minister for work, employment and health Photograph: Sebastien Nogier/Reuters