Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Amer akaita basa guru mukubviswa kwaMambo Farouk pachigaro nemauto muna 1952 uye akaunza General Muhammad Naguib naColonel Gamal Abdel Nasser musimba. 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. Akatungamirawo mauto eEgypt kurwisa mauto eIsrael neBritish neFrance panguva yehondo 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.