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Candidate named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru

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France-Presse, A. (2026, October 10). Candidate named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/10/peru-election-hitler-mussolini-simeon-flores-mayor

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A businessman named Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has been elected mayor of Queropalca, a remote district in Peru’s Huanuco region. The 45-year-old candidate won with 229 votes out of 663 total votes cast on October 4th and will take office on January 1st. This election follows previous instances where Peruvians named Hitler have been elected to political offices, including a doctor named Hitler who was elected to parliament in 2021 and another mayor in 2018.

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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

European Huanuco Peru Peruvian Queropalca

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Peru GPE · 3× Ahora Nacion ORG · 1× European NORP · 1× Flores PERSON · 1× Gaspar Osorio PERSON · 1× Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores PERSON · 1× Huanuco GPE · 1× Peruvian NORP · 1× Popular Force ORG · 1× Queropalca GPE · 1×

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The 45-year-old, who shares two of his names with notorious European dictators, won the race for mayor of Queropalca, in Peru’s central Huanuco region, and will take office on 1 January.

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🔮 A businessman called Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has been elected the mayor of a remote district in the Peruvian Andes, according to local election data.

2026-10-10 · The Guardian

Candidate named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru · mixed framing

Claims (8 extracted, 3 hedged)

A businessman called Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has been elected the mayor of a remote district in the Peruvian Andes, according to local election data. uncertain

businessman → call → data

The 45-year-old, who shares two of his names with notorious European dictators, won the race for mayor of Queropalca, in Peru’s central Huanuco region, and will take office on 1 January. asserted

who → share → January

The candidate from the leftwing Ahora Nacion party won 229 out of a total of 663 votes in elections on 4 October, according to the national office of electoral processes. uncertain

candidate → win → processes

His closest rival, the far-right candidate Gaspar Osorio, received 204 votes. asserted

rival → receive → votes

Flores, who works in freight transportation, had belonged to Popular Force, the party of Peru’s rightwing president, Keiko Fujimori, until 2025, according to electoral authorities. uncertain

who → work → authorities

Despite the name being associated with Germany’s Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, several candidates with the name have won elections in Peru. asserted

candidates → associate → Peru

In 2021, the doctor Hitler Saavedra Casternoque was elected to parliament for the centrist party Somos Peru. asserted

Casternoque → elect → party

In 2018, Hitler Alba Sanchez was voted in as mayor of the Andean district of Yungar, saying during his campaign that he was “the good Hitler”. asserted

he → vote → campaign