Musayev was born on November 15, 1947 in Baku. In 1955, he went to secondary school No. 176, and in 1966 he graduated from that school with honors from Baku State University. In 1971, he began military service in Georgia as an officer. He studied at a Soviet military academy in Leningrad from 1978-1981, and after graduating based himself out of Akhalkalaki. From 1984–1986, he served overseas in Maputo, Mozambique Upon returning in 1986, he based himself in Zhytomyr and then Volodymyr-Volyns'kyi, both in Ukraine. In 1990, he was elected a deputy from the latter region.
