Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Amer akaita basa guru mukubviswa kwaMambo Farouk muna 1952 uye akaunza Mutungamiriri Muhammad Naguib naColonel Gamal Abdel Nasser kuti vave nesimba. Gore rakatevera racho, Amer akasimudzirwa kubva kuva mukuru kusvika kuva mukuru mukuru, achidarika zvikamu zvina zvechiuto, ndokuitwa Mukuru weEgypt weGeneral Staff. Muna 1956, Amer akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru wemauto akabatana akaumbwa neEgypt neSyria. Akatungamirirawo mauto eEgypt kurwisa mauto eIsrael neBritish-French panguva yeCold War.
Hondo yeSuez ya1956. Pashure pokunge kurwa kwapera, Amer akapomera Nasser mhaka yokukonzera hondo isiri madikanwa uye ipapo kupomera mauto mugumisiro wacho. Somumiriri waNasser muSyria, Amer akabatwa nevapanduki panguva ye1961 Syrian coup d'état ndokudzoserwa kuCairo.