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Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores, a left-wing politician in Peru, has been elected mayor of Queropalca with 34% of the vote, defeating right-wing candidate Gaspar Benilde Osario Zambrano by just 25 votes out of 42 cast. Previously a member of the right-wing Popular Force party led by President Keiko Fujimori, Flores now represents the center-left Ahora Nacion party and won with 229 votes in an election that drew international attention due to his controversial name.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-09,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Hitler Mussolini Simeón Flores, 45, won a narrow mayoral race in Queropalca, a district with just over 730 residents in the Huánuco department of Peru, securing 229 votes (34.5% of the total valid ballots) on May 6th. He ran for the center-left Ahora Nación party and defeated his closest rival by only 25 votes. The election was part of broader regional and municipal polls following Keiko Sofía Fujimori's presidential victory in Peru. Flores, who previously managed an investment group called Simeon Sac, has faced media attention due to his unusual name, which shares initials with infamous historical figures Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. While shocking, naming conventions in Peru sometimes include historic or unconventional names despite their controversial connotations; around 2,349 Peruvians share the same first name as Hitler.
Written for “Hitler Mussolini Elected Mayor Peru” on 2026-10-09,
grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.
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Leaning: leans right for article 68111 (high confidence, 2 verified quotes) · logged 2026-10-09
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A left-wing politician who shares his name with fascist dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini has become the mayor of a Peruvian town – just one year after he resigned from a right-wing populist party.
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he → share → party
Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores, 45, prevailed with 34% of the vote in Sunday’s election in Queropalca, running on a center-left ticket for Peru’s Ahora Nacion (Now Nation) party.
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Flores → prevail → party
It’s unclear when the politician joined the Ahora Nacion party, but he was previously a member of the right-wing Popular Force party before resigning in 2025, according to his candidate declaration form.
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he → ’ → form
Popular Force is a populist movement led by Peru’s president, Keiko Fujimori, who is the daughter of dictator Alberto Fujimori.
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who → lead → Fujimori
Mussolini, who was formerly the manager of the Simeon Sac Investment Group, won the election with 229 votes – 25 votes more than his nearest rival, Gaspar Benilde Osario Zambrano, who represented the right-wing Popular Renewal party.
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who → win → party
Just 42 votes separated the top three candidates in Sunday’s ballot, which took place in Queropalca, which consists of 730 people.
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The new mayor claims to have received a high school diploma, but it’s unclear if he is university- educated.
He is not the first “Hitler” to win an election, either.
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He → claim → election
Hitler Alba, who served as mayor of the town of Yungar between 2011 and 2014, ran for election in 2018 and one of his rivals was Lennin Vladimir Rodriguez Valverde.
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one → serve → rivals
This election captivated the internet, prompting commenters to dub the contest “Hitler v Lenin,” given the similarity of Valverde’s name to the Soviet Union founder.
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election → captivate → founder
During the election, Hitler Alba ran on a slogan that he was a “good” Hitler.
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he → run → slogan
“Maybe it’s a coincidence that my name is Hitler,” he told the Peruvian news agency Efe.
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he → ’ → agency
“I really don’t have any objection to Hitler.
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I → have → Hitler
It’s like any other name.
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It → ’ → name
For me, it’s as if my name was Juan, Lucas, or Sebastian.
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name → ’ → me
Voters didn’t seem to care about his name either, as Hitler Alba won the contest with 47.7%.
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Alba → seem → %
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