In the early years of LOCATION@1 's independence from the LOCATION@2 he held the posts of education minister from NUMBER@1 to NUMBER@2 , and finance minister from NUMBER@3 to NUMBER@4 .

After LOCATION@1 became independent from the LOCATION@2 he was education minister -LRB- in charge of schools -RRB- from NUMBER@1 to NUMBER@2 , and finance minister -LRB- in charge of money -RRB- from NUMBER@3 to NUMBER@4 . He was LOCATION@1 's ambassador to LOCATION@3 from NUMBER@4 to NUMBER@5 , and to the ORGANIZATION@1 from NUMBER@6 to NUMBER@7 , when he helped LOCATION@1 join the ORGANIZATION@2 .
