Josef Klant (8 December 1869 – 7 September 1927) was an early member of the Nazi Party and served as the first Gauleiter of Hamburg.
The Hamburg association was last reorganized under the name the Blücher Group, and in February 1924 Klant was sentenced to 4 months in prison and a 500 Reichsmark fine for his continued illegal activities on its behalf.
Klant's Gau was a member of the National Socialist Working Association, a short-lived group of north and northwest German Gaue, organized and led by Gregor Strasser, which unsuccessfully sought to amend the Party program.
In addition, the Party membership remained largely lower middle class and failed to attract sizeable numbers of workers.
Instead, the Party headquarters in Munich sent Strasser, now the national Propaganda Leader, to Hamburg to supervise a total restructuring.
Klant protested his removal by appealing to his fellow Gauleiters, but relinquished his challenge when it became clear that Strasser had the full support of Hitler.