Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has been elected mayor of Queropalca, a small district in Peru’s Huánuco region, according to exit poll data released following local elections. The 45-year-old representative for the centre-left Ahora Nación party secured victory with 229 votes, narrowly defeating the second-place candidate from the right-wing Renovación Popular Perú party by a margin of 25 votes.
The election drew participation from just over 700 residents of the district, with Flores capturing approximately 34% of the vote. Born locally, the candidate was representing a constituency of fewer than 1,000 people, making him responsible for governance in a remote corner of the Andes located roughly 360 kilometers from Lima.
The result generated considerable international media interest, primarily due to Flores’ first and middle names, which are shared with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, two prominent figures associated with 20th-century European authoritarianism. Local media outlets characterized the development as a striking event that drew outsized attention relative to the size of the electorate involved.
The phenomenon is not unprecedented in Peru or the broader region. Local sources indicated that another politician bearing similar nomenclature, Hitler Guesclin Alba Sánchez, was elected mayor of Yúngar in 2018 after campaigning with the slogan “I’m the good Hitler.” Additionally, a politician named Adolf Hitler Uunona achieved comparable international attention in 2020 following local election success in Namibia, a nation where Germanic given names maintain historical prevalence due to colonial connections.
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