Before being toppled by a no-confidence vote in parliament on Friday, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gave the green light to a new executive in Catalonia that does not include jailed or exiled former ministers.
The new ministers will take up their posts on Saturday, the regional government announced.
This will automatically lift direct rule imposed by Madrid after Catalonia’s now-deposed leaders tried to break from Spain in October.
The central government last month recognised the powers of newly-elected Catalan president Quim Torra but refused to ratify his choice of councillors because four of them face charges linked to the failed independence drive, calling their nomination “a new provocation”.
But earlier this week, Torra nominated a new administration which did not include them.
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