[2] Following the ouster of Moussa Traoré in March 1991, Maïga became Minister in charge of the State Contrôle Général in the transitional government.
He later became Secretary-General of the Ministry of Finance before being appointed Minister of Youth and Sports on June 23, 2001.
[2][dead link] After the election of Amadou Toumani Touré as President, Issoufi became Minister of the Economy and Finance on June 14, 2002, serving under Prime Minister Ahmed Mohamed ag Hamani.
Following the July 2007 parliamentary election, he again presented his government's resignation, which Touré accepted, on September 27, 2007.
Touré thanked him for his work as Prime Minister[7] and appointed Modibo Sidibé as his successor on September 28.