In the latest municipal election, 45‑year‑old businessman Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores secured 229 votes—34.5% of the valid ballots—for the mayoral seat of Queropalca, a remote Andean district in Peru's Huánuco region.
Flores, representing the center‑left Ahora Nación party, edged out his nearest contender, Gaspar Benilde Osorio Zambrano of Renovación Popular, by a slender margin of 25 votes.
Queropalca, home to just 730 residents according to 2024 census data, has long struggled with crumbling roads and limited access to health services—issues Flores pledged to tackle.
The mayor's name, echoing the infamous dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, has sparked international headlines and domestic debate; local officials emphasize the name bears no ideological connection.
Similar instances—such as Hitler Guesclin Alba Sánchez’s 2018 victory in Yungar and Adolf Hitler Uunona’s win in Namibia—highlight the oddity of shared names rather than political ideology.
Flores will be sworn in next week, formally taking over the mayoral office and setting a schedule for infrastructure revamps.