Hitler Mussolini narrowly wins mayoral race in Peru a year after joining the left

A small Peruvian town, with little over 200 miles from the country’s capital, Lima, may just have scared off some European leaders, and the reason is political, theoretically speaking. Queropalca, which is actually a district with only 730 population, has chosen its new mayor: Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores.

But the rather unusual name, which sounds like a roll call of 20th-century dictators, belongs to a leftist politician. The 45-year-old Flores is a member of the center-left Ahora Nación party, which secured 34% of the vote, Politico reported, citing local media. The race was narrow, too: the top three candidates were separated by just 42 votes.

As per Simeon’s candidate application form, he manages the Simeon Sac Investment Group and owns 3 trucks, including a 4x4. Apart from having a basic education, the Candidate’s resume does not give any details about the history behind his ultra-rightist name.

However, one standout detail from his profile is that he resigned from the right-wing Popular Force party in 2025, which is also running the government now, led by President Keiko Fujimori.

But Peru is known for candidates with shocking names. In 2018, a politician named Hitler beat another one named Lenin in another mayoral race in the district of Yúngar. Their full names were Hitler Guesclin Alba Sánchez and Lenin Vladimir Rodríguez Valverde.

“I’m the good Hitler,” Alba told Peru’s state-owned media Andina News Agency on the campaign trail that time.