[1][6][7] In 1967 an extraordinary conference placed Cissokho at the helm of a provisional committee to lead the party.
[2][3] The first party congress, held illegally in Senegal in 1972, confirmed the expulsion of the PAI general secretary Majhmoud Diop and elected Cissokho as party general secretary.
[1][6][7][8] Cissokho played an important role in organizing the first conference of Communist and Workers' Parties of Tropical and Southern Africa.
In 1981 PIT was legalized and Cissokho led the efforts for the formation of an anti-imperialist united front.
[1] Cissokho died in Moscow whilst visiting the 1986 Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.