He briefly regained the position of Foreign Minister in 1996 during the first cabinet of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, a member of the SLPP.
[2] Kallon was one of the founding members of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), which was formed in 1951.
[2] Ten years later, he became the country's first Interior Minister of Sierra Leone following independence from the United Kingdom in 1961.
[2] Kallon played a pivotal role in SLPP's victory in the 1996 general election, which brought President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah to power.
[2] Maigore Kallon died from a long illness at his home in Byrne Lane, Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 5 March 2015, at the age of 89.