Candidate Named Hitler Mussolini Elected Mayor in Peru

THE GUARDIAN: Leftwing Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores beats far-right candidate in election in remote district of Andes

Screenshot taken from this Guardian article. | Adolf Hitler talking to Benito Mussolini in July 1944 at Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg. Photograph: ullstein bild Dtl./ullstein bild/Getty Images
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.

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.

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.

His closest rival, the far-right candidate Gaspar Osorio, received 204 votes. » | Agence France-Presse | Saturday, October 10, 2026

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