In the early 1970s he was General Coordinator of the Sonfonia furniture factory, responsible to the Ministry of Industry and Energy.
In 1991, he was appointed as a member of the Transitional Committee for National Reform by President Lansana Conté.
[2] He was moved from the latter position to that of Minister of State for Presidential Affairs on 19 January 2007,[1][3][4] replacing Fodé Bangoura.
[7] Labor unions restarted the strike on 12 February, and Conté declared martial law on the same day.
[8] A proposal to leave Camara in office as prime minister for three months as a trial period was rejected by the unions on 20 February.