Born in 1960 in the Lankaran district. He received his secondary education in Lankaran district from 1967 to 1977.
He began his professional career in 1977 as a worker at the Sh. Akhundov State Farm in Lankaran district.
From May 1979 to June 1981, he completed his military service in the ranks of the Soviet Army.
After demobilization, he worked at Construction Trust No. 104 in the city of Leningrad.
From 1982 to 1987, he studied full-time at the Faculty of Economics of Leningrad State University.
After graduating from the university with excellent results, he worked as a Laboratory Assistant at the Department of Political Economy of the Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute named after M. Azizbeyov.
In 1987, he was sent on a training assignment to Leningrad State University, and in 1988, he was admitted to the postgraduate (aspirantura) program at the Faculty of Economics of the same university.
Two years later, in 1990, he defended his candidate dissertation ahead of schedule and returned to Baku, where he was appointed as a Lecturer at the Department of Political Economy of the Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute.

From 1990 to 1994, he worked as a Senior Researcher at the Center for Strategic Studies.
From October 1994, he served as Deputy Director General of the Center for Social and Psychological Research.
From November 1995 to June 2005, he held the position of Director General of the “Trend” Analytical Information Agency.
Since June 2003, he has been working as Director of the Public Finance Monitoring Center.
He served as an Associate Professor (0.5 full-time equivalent) at the Department of International Economics (English-taught) of UNEC.
He is currently serving as an Associate Professor (0.5 full-time equivalent) at the Department of International Economics and Business of UNEC.

In October 2000, he defended his Doctoral dissertation in Economics at Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance.