In the February 1993 parliamentary election, he was elected to the National Assembly; he then served as Minister for the Environment and the Protection of Nature from 1993 to 1998 under President Abdou Diouf.
He was selected in the February 1993 parliamentary election to represent his country in the National Assembly, and subsequently served as the government's official responsible for environmental matters from 1993 to 1998 during President Abdou Diouf's term in office.