Man named Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores elected mayor of Queropalca, Peru

Right · 2Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores won the mayoral election in Queropalca, a district of about 730 people in Peru's Huánuco region, running for the centre-left Ahora Nación party. 1 2 Right · 2He received 229 votes, 34.5 per cent of 663 valid ballots, ahead of Gaspar Benilde Osorio Zambrano of the Popular Renewal Peru party, who took 204 votes (30.8 per cent). 1 2 Mixed · 2The Daily Mirror and BBC News both put the margin at 25 votes; the BBC said exit polls showed the result and that Peru's elections office data showed a little over 700 people took part. 3 4

Right · 2GB News reported that just 42 votes separated the top three candidates in the ballot, and the Daily Mail gave Simeon Flores's age as 45. 2 1 Right · 2Simeon Flores manages the Simeon Sac investment group in Pillco Marca and previously belonged to Keiko Fujimori's right-wing Popular Force party, resigning in 2025 (the Daily Mail says 'last year'); GB News said it was unclear when he joined Ahora Nación. 2 1 Right · 2The Daily Mail said the name drew attention in local media, which called it a 'peculiarity', and that Ahora Nación acknowledged the coincidence with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini on its website; GB News said his official electoral profile does not explain the name's origin. 1 2

Right · 1The Daily Mail added that giving children historic or unconventional names is not unusual in Peru, citing La República's estimate that about 2,349 Peruvians share the Nazi leader's name. 1 Left · 1The Daily Mirror cited Reniec, Peru's civil registry, as showing more than 3,900 people officially named Hitler in 2023, a higher figure than the Mail's 2,349; it also said the new mayor campaigned on agricultural development and road improvements rather than fascist policies. 3 Right · 2Both outlets recalled Hitler Guesclin Alba Sánchez, mayor of Yungar, who called himself 'a good Hitler' and faced a challenge from Lennin Vladimir Rodriguez Valverde in 2018; the Daily Mail dates his term to 2011–2014, while GB News describes a 2018 contest and a full four-year term, so the dates differ between the two. 1 2

Centre · 1The BBC, citing local media, said Alba Sánchez was elected mayor of Yúngar in 2018 after campaigning as 'the good Hitler', and that the candidate was born in the district, about 360km from Lima, according to his candidate profile; it quoted Peru21 calling the candidacy a 'striking event'. 4 Right · 2Both also mentioned Namibian politician Adolf Hitler Uunona, who won a fifth consecutive local election and has since dropped 'Hitler' from his identity document. 1 2