[4][9] Obami Itou, who was known as a loyalist of President Denis Sassou Nguesso,[10] thereby gained power over party organization at the expense of Camille Boungou,[9][10] who was identified with the PCT's M-22 faction.
[10] Obami Itou was elected to the PCT Political Bureau at the party's Fourth Ordinary Congress on 26–31 July 1989[4][11] and assigned responsibility for foreign relations.
[12] Later, he was appointed as the Administrator-Delegate of Hydro-Congo, the country's oil exploration and exploitation company, on 31 December 1999;[13] he held that position until 2002.
[15] He was elected by the Senate as President of the Commission for Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration, and Development Cooperation on 23 August 2002.
[17] Ambroise Noumazalaye, the President of the Senate, died on 17 November 2007, and Obami Itou was elected to succeed him on 1 December 2007[3][5][6] to serve out the remainder of his term, ending in 2008.