Businessman named Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores wins mayoral race in Peruvian Andes
Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores, a 45-year-old businessman, has won the mayoral election in the remote district of Queropalca in Peru's Huánuco region. He takes office on 1 January.
A 45-year-old businessman named Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has been elected mayor of Queropalca, a remote district in the Andes of Peru's central Huánuco region. Two of his names match those of notorious European dictators. According to local election data, he will take office on 1 January.
The result
The vote took place on 4 October. Flores, who ran for the leftwing Ahora Nación party, received 229 of 663 votes, according to Peru's national office of electoral processes. His nearest competitor, far-right candidate Gaspar Osorio, got 204.
Flores works in freight transportation. Electoral authorities say he belonged to Popular Force, the rightwing party of Peruvian president Keiko Fujimori, until 2025.
Similar cases in Peru
The first name Hitler is associated with Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader of Germany, yet several candidates bearing it have won elections in Peru. In 2021, doctor Hitler Saavedra Casternoque was elected to parliament for the centrist party Somos Perú. In 2018, Hitler Alba Sánchez became mayor of the Andean district of Yungar, saying during his campaign that he was "the good Hitler".
