In the year of 2000, Zackhras was elected as deputy speaker of the Nitijela serving until 2007.

[5] The Speaker of the Nitijela, Jurelang Zedkaia, appointed Zackhras as the acting president of the Marshall Islands until new presidential elections could be held.

[6] Zackhras was subsequently appointed as Minister in Assistance to the President of Jurelang Zedkaia and served until January 2012.

He was appointed as the ambassador to Fiji by President Hilda Heine, and held that position until his death.

[3] Zackhas died of cancer on 26 December 2018 in Hawaii, United States, aged 71.