Recently, the mayor election in a remote small city in Peru caught public attention, mainly due to the name of the winner: he was named Hitler Mussolini.
According to a report by the BBC on October 9th, in the mayoral election for Quiropalca in the Loreto Region of Peru's Huánuco Province, Hitler Mussolini Simón Flores, a candidate from the center-left party Ahora Nación, received approximately 34% of the votes and defeated the candidate from the right-wing party Pueblito Revolucionario by a narrow margin.
According to data from the Peruvian National Election Procedures Office, more than 700 people participated in the voting. Simon Flores received 229 votes, leading the second place by 25 votes.
Hitler, Mussolini, Simon, Flores submitted photos during the mayor election in Quiropa Carda.
The BBC noted that, although the number of voters in the mayoral election of this remote town was less than 1,000, the winner's name came up against that of the notorious fascist dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, making his election an unexpected "notable international event".
"Collusion" does not provide evidence of any ideological connections with these historical figures, nor can it infer their political stance. Public information shows that Simone Flores was born in the Vaucanco area of Peru and is currently 45 years old. He left the conservative party "People's Power" in 2025 and later represented the center-left party in this mayoral election.
Peruvian media reported that the name "Hitler" is not uncommon in Peru. Data from the Peruvian National Registry of Identity and Citizenship shows that as of 2023, there were 3943 people in Peru with the name Hitler.
This person was not even the first mayor in that country to be named ‘Hitler’. In 2018, Hitler Gaisklind Alba Sanchez was elected mayor of Yunagar. With the campaign slogan “I am a good Hitler”, he defeated a competitor named Lenin Vladimir Rodriguez Balveer. At that time, Alba stated that his father didn’t know about Adolf Hitler from history when he named him that way.
European News TV reported that many Peruvians choose names with historical or unusual significance when naming their children, even if these names may carry negative or controversial implications.
