[1] He worked as an adviser to health minister Michel Buillard, and then for Assembly President Justin Arapari.
[1] He returned to the health department, ultimately rising to the position of director, but was sacked by Oscar Temaru.
[1] In December 2007, he was appointed to the cabinet of Gaston Tong Sang as Minister of Health and Solidarity.
[3] As Health Minister, he signed a deal with France to clean up Hao atoll, which had been used as a military base to support French nuclear testing.
[4] He again lost the role due to a change of government, but was reappointed as Minister of Health and Ecology in November 2009.