Nasution was born on 21 July 1966 in Medan, and completed his basic education there.

[2] After his term in the legislature, he became self-employed until 2016, when he was elected as Medan's vice-mayor along with Dzulmi Eldin.

[1] On 17 October 2019, Nasution was appointed as acting mayor of Medan following the arrest of Eldin for corruption.

[5] He had been removed from PDI-P for opposing Bobby's candidacy (which competed with his own), and hence he ran with the support of Demokrat and PKS.

[2] In 2024, he ran as a candidate for the North Sumatra Regional House of Representatives, but was not elected.