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Man named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru

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Davies, M. (2026, October 9). Man named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru. BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmdxwn9dr42yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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BBC News · collected 2026-10-09 · by Maia Davies

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Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores, a 45-year-old candidate from the center-left Ahora Nación party, narrowly won the mayoral election for Queropalca, a remote district in Peru's Andes region. With just 229 votes out of about 700 cast, he defeated his right-wing opponent by only 25 votes to become mayor of the small town. His unique name, incorporating those of notorious dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, has garnered international attention despite representing a district with fewer than 1,000 residents.
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Hitler Mussolini Simeón Flores, a 45-year-old left-wing candidate from Peru, won the mayoral race in Queropalca, a small district with just over 730 residents, located in the Huánuco department. Running for the centre-left Ahora Nación party, Flores secured victory by a narrow margin of 25 votes, receiving 229 out of 663 valid ballots cast on October 4, 2024. His closest competitor was Gaspar Benilde Osorio Zambrano, who received 204 votes from the right-wing Popular Renewal Peru party. Despite Flores’s unusual name, which draws associations with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, it is not uncommon for Peruvians to have such names due to historical naming practices. The election results are part of broader regional and municipal elections held across Peru following President Keiko Fujimori's victory in the national presidential race.

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Topics

Ahora Nación Peru Peruvian Queropalca Renovación Popular Perú

Subjects

Peru GPE · 2× Adolf Hitler PERSON · 1× Ahora Nación ORG · 1× Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores PERSON · 1× Huánuco GPE · 1× Lima GPE · 1× Peruvian NORP · 1× Queropalca GPE · 1× Renovación Popular Perú ORG · 1× Simeon PERSON · 1×

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That he shares his name with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini - "two of the most well-known figures of 20th-Century European totalitarian regimes" - has made his candidacy a "striking event", local outlet Peru21 reported.
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🔮 The candidate for the centre-left Ahora Nación party was elected mayor of Queropalca, a remote district in the Peruvian Andes.
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Man named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru · assertive framing

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- Published A man named Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has secured a narrow victory in Peru's local elections, exit polls show. asserted
polls → publish → elections
The candidate for the centre-left Ahora Nación party was elected mayor of Queropalca, a remote district in the Peruvian Andes. asserted
candidate → elect → Andes
Some 229 residents voted for the 45-year-old, putting him ahead of the second-place candidate from right-wing Renovación Popular Perú by just 25 votes. asserted
residents → vote → votes
Despite being elected to represent fewer than 1,000 people, his forenames being those of two notorious fascist dictators has drawn outsized international attention to the small corner of the country. asserted
being → elect → country
Data from Peru's elections office showed a little over 700 people had participated in the election, with Simeon securing around 34% of the vote. asserted
Simeon → show → vote
He was born in the district in the central department of Huánuco, some 360km (224 miles) from the capital, Lima, according to his candidate profile. uncertain
He → bear → profile
That he shares his name with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini - "two of the most well-known figures of 20th-Century European totalitarian regimes" - has made his candidacy a "striking event", local outlet Peru21 reported. asserted
outlet → share → regimes
Despite the curiosity generated by his name, local media noted that Hitler Guesclin Alba Sánchez had been elected mayor of Yúngar in 2018. asserted
Sánchez → generate → 2018
He reportedly beat rival candidate Lenin Vladimir Rodríguez Valverde after campaigning on the slogan "I'm the good Hitler". uncertain
I → beat → slogan
A politician named Adolf Hitler Uunona attracted similar attention in 2020 after winning local elections in Namibia - a former German colony where Adolf and other Germanic first names are not uncommon. asserted
Adolf → name → Namibia
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