Sulaiman was born in Pidie District, Kembang Tanjung Sub-district, Ceubrek Village on 18 October 1967. The Bachelor of Economics Program of Management Department was completed in 1992 at the Syiah Kuala University Faculty of Economics. He continued his postgraduate study of Master of Management (S2) degree in marketing concentration at Syiah Kuala University and completed in 2000. Thesis completed in S2 Program under the title "Demographic Social Relations with Cigarette Brand Equity". Additionally, in the year 2011, He completed his Doctoral Program  (Ph.D) in area of Ethical Business Practice in Marketing at Faculty of Business and Accountancy University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia. The title of his thesis is "The Role of The Ethical Brand and Its Effect on Industrial Buyers' Responses". Since 1994, He is a Lecturer at Economics and Business Faculty, Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh. Currently, He is teaching Business Ethics, Research Method, Quantitative Data Analysis, and Introduction to Business for Undergraduate Students. Moreover, He is teaching International Marketing, Management Information System and Consumer Behaviour for Master Degree.

As he is able to speak English well and has for two years experiance teaching in University of Malaya; therefore, he is entrusted to teach in International Class Program for management field, e.i Business Ethics and International Marketing.