Key facts
- Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores won the mayoral election in Queropalca, Peru.
- Flores secured 34% of the vote.
- The top three candidates were separated by 42 votes.
- Flores manages the Simeon Sac Investment Group.
- He ran for the center-left Ahora Nación party.
Voters in the Peruvian town of Queropalca have elected Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores as their new mayor. Flores, representing the center-left Ahora Nación party, secured 34% of the vote in a closely contested election where the top three candidates were separated by just 42 votes. According to local media, Flores also manages the Simeon Sac Investment Group. This is not the first time a politician with an unusual name has won an election in Peru; in 2018, a candidate named Hitler won a mayoral race in the district of Yúngar. Similarly, in Namibia, Adolf Hitler Uunona won his fifth local election in a row last year.