[2] Following the independence, he was appointed as the Minister of Justice of Malagasy Republic in October 1960.
[1][2] He was considered to be the senior Merina in Malagasy Republic government.
[4] He lost this political position when President Tsiranana was effectively ousted in October 1972.
In 1991, he got a position of one of the two Vice Prime Ministers in the cabinet of Guy Willy Razanamasy.
[3][5] He was then appointed as a special counsellor to President Albert Zafy.