Joachim Coens (born 6 September 1966) is a Belgian politician and businessman who has served as the leader of Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams, a Christian democratic political party, since December 2019.

[1] From 1995 to 2014, Coens also served as the échevin of the town of Damme, notably in charge of culture, heritage, libraries, urban development, the local economy, budget, finance and sport portfolios.

[3] In the 2018 Belgian local elections, he ran under the CD&V list and received an absolute majority.

He qualified for the second round of elections, where he faced Sammy Mahdi, leader of the youth wing of the party JONGCD&V [nl].

[8] After his election, he was named coalition informateur on 10 December 2019 by King Philippe, working in collaboration with the leader of Mouvement réformateur Georges-Louis Bouchez in an attempt to form a Federal government after the 2019 Belgian federal election.