Mayor-Elect Named Hitler Mussolini Wins Queropalca by 25 Votes

Overview

• Official counts reported that Hitler Mussolini Simeón Flores won the Queropalca mayoral race with 229 votes, or 34.5% of 663 valid ballots, beating the runner-up by 25 votes in the Oct. 4 municipal election.
• Simeón Flores ran for the center-left party Ahora Nación after leaving the right-leaning Fuerza Popular in 2025 and is scheduled to take office on January 1.
• Public reporting identifies him as a 45-year-old investment-manager who led Grupo de Investimentos Simeon SAC and found no evidence that he endorses Nazi or fascist ideologies.
• Queropalca is a tiny highland district of roughly 730 residents, so small turnout and local voting dynamics made a margin of a few dozen ballots decisive in the outcome.
• Peru has past cases of officials with provocative historical names, such as a 2018 mayor in Yúngar, and observers say naming practices, not proven ideology, help explain why the result drew international media attention.