 At the 7th PAIGC Ordinary Congress, held in Gabu, in June 2008, he was elected a member of the permanent commission of the PAIGC Political Bureau, continuing to fulfill the mission conferred months before by the President of the Republic, to serve as CPLP Executive Secretary.During the four-year term, he bet on the organization's affirmation at the international level and with civil society; developed concrete partnership and cooperation actions in the most varied domains; he did not neglect the importance of Portuguese and the culture that unites and diversifies the identity of the peoples of the CPLP.In February 2014, at the 8th PAIGC Ordinary Congress, in the city of Cacheu, he was elected to the leadership of the party, and; between 3 July 2014 and 20 August 2015, he served as Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau.