 Bainimarama announced Senilagakali's resignation on 4 January 2007; President Josefa Iloilo, whose powers were restored by Bainimarama on the same day, appointed Bainimarama as prime minister the next day.Senilagakali was then sworn in as Minister of Health on 8 January.He was dismissed from the latter post a year later, during a Cabinet reshuffle on 4 January 2008.