[9] Following the 2007 election, Mally was appointed as prime minister by President Faure Gnassingbé on December 3, 2007.

[8] Gilchrist Olympio of the opposition Union of the Forces of Change (UFC) described Mally as "some sort of civil servant, unknown to the public, unknown to the political class", and predicted that Mally's government would be short-lived due to the talks between Gnassingbé and the opposition.

[3] Mally actively participated in the RPT campaign for Gnassingbé's re-election in the March 2010 presidential election.

At a rally in his hometown of Hihéyatro on 17 February 2010, Mally urged people to vote for Gnassingbé so that he could continue "projects in the areas of health, infrastructure and education".

[19] Mally was dismissed from the government on 16 June 2011, and Charles Kondi Agba was appointed to succeed him at the Ministry of Health.