 Ramiaramanana ran as a TIM candidate for a seat in the National Assembly of Madagascar from the Antananarivo I constituency in the September 2007 parliamentary election and, along with his fellow TIM candidate for the constituency, Arinosy Jacques Razafimbelo, he won by a large margin with 61.21% of the vote, according to provisional results.Following the election, in the government named on October 27, 2007, Ramiaramanana was moved from his position as Minister of Energy to that of Minister of Sports, Culture, and Leisure.He was suspended from this post in the government named on April 30, 2008; Jean-Louis Robinson replaced Ramiaramanana in an interim capacity before being formally appointed to head the ministry in June 2008.