Achyar was born in 1953 in East Java, Indonesia, as the ninth of the thirteen children of Abdul Ghoni.

[1][2] His father was a caretaker of the Akhlaq Rangkah Islamic Boarding School in Surabaya.

[1] He also attended the religious assembly of Sayyid Muhammad bin Alawi al-Makki al-Maliki in Malang.

[1] He was appointed as Vice Leader of Aam PBNU from 2018 until 2020, replacing Ma'ruf Amin who went for presidential campaign.

[3] He was rushed to RSUD Salatiga where he underwent Rontgen and received treatment for his minor injury, along with another passenger.