Sacred Union of the Nation

Sacred Union of the Nation
LeaderFélix Tshisekedi
FoundedDecember 6, 2020 (2020-12-06)
IdeologyAnti-Kabila
Big tent
Populism
Political position
Senate
95 / 109
National Assembly
454 / 500

The Sacred Union of the Nation (French: Union sacrée de la nation; USN) is the ruling parliamentary coalition within the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formed in December 2020 by Felix Tshisekedi following a falling out between the Heading for Change coalition and Joseph Kabila's Common Front for Congo. After the subsequent four-month-long power struggle, the coalition was able to take control of the government in April 2021. By June 2023, the coalition was made up of 391 members in parliament coming from 24 different political parties. Following its first general, senate, and special elections, as of December 2024, the coalition member parties hold 454 seats in the National Assembly and 95 in the Senate.

Membership in the Sacred Union is often due to strategic and political motivations rather than ideological similarities with President Tshisekedi and his party. Nonetheless, the coalition maintains a set of goals including security (mainly in the east), investment in infrastructure, promotion of the rule of law, improving its citizens' lives, and implementing electoral reform.