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Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores elected mayor in Peru
Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores, a 45-year-old businessman, has been elected mayor of Queropalca, a remote district in Peru’s Andes.
He ran for the left-wing Ahora Nación party and received 229 votes in the October 4 election.
His closest rival received 204 votes, out of 663 votes cast.
Flores is due to take office on January 1.
His names are shared with Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader, and Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist dictator.
Peru has elected other politicians named Hitler, including a mayor in 2018 and a member of Congress in 2021.
The unusual name has brought international attention to an election in a small Andean district.
Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores, a 45-year-old candidate for the centre-left Ahora Nación party, was elected mayor of Queropalca, a remote district in Peru's Andes.
Flores received 229 votes and defeated his closest rival, Gaspar Benilde Osorio Zambrano of Renovación Popular Perú, by 25 votes.
The BBC and NOS report that he won about 34% of the vote; the Daily Mail says he received 34.5% of 663 valid ballots.
His forenames, shared with the dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, drew international attention to the local election.
Queropalca is in Peru's Huánuco region; reports describe it as a community of just over 700 people.
- Who
- Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores, a 45-year-old candidate for Ahora Nación
- What
- Was elected mayor of Queropalca
- When
- October 2026
- Where
- Queropalca, in Peru's Andes, Huánuco region
- Why
- Not stated
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The name of the projected winner coincides with those of Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi regime in Germany, and Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator and founder of fascism, both central figures in European politics during World War II.
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- Elected mayor
- Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores
- District
- Queropalca, Peru
- Votes for Flores
- 229
- Margin over closest rival
- 25 votes
- Age
- 45
Sources
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