Last year, Humza Yousaf, the first minister at the time, created the first position of its sort.
Former Scottish government official Jamie Hepburn has replaced George Adam as minister for parliamentary business.
In a radio interview earlier on Thursday, SNP MP Alyn Smith seemed to confirm that the position had been “subsumed” under Angus Robertson’s brief on external affairs, culture, and the constitution.
On Wednesday morning, Mr. Swinney took the oath of office as the seventh first minister of Scotland in the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
He appointed Kate Forbes as his deputy, but otherwise announced a substantially same cabinet.
