Candidate named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru
Reported by the Guardian · October 10, 2026
Leftwing Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores beats far-right candidate in election in remote district of Andes
A businessman called Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has been elected the mayor of a remote district in the Peruvian Andes, according to local election data.
The candidate from the leftwing Ahora Nación party won 229 out of a total of 663 votes in elections on 4 October, according to the national office of electoral processes.
Flores, who works in freight transportation, had belonged to Popular Force, the party of Peru’s rightwing president, Keiko Fujimori, until 2025, according to electoral authorities.
In 2021, the doctor Hitler Saavedra Casternoque was elected to parliament for the centrist party Somos Peru.
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- Leftwing Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores beats far-right candidate in election in remote district of Andes
- A businessman called Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has been elected the mayor of a remote district in the Peruvian Andes, according to local election data.
- The candidate from the leftwing Ahora Nación party won 229 out of a total of 663 votes in elections on 4 October, according to the national office of electoral processes.
- Flores, who works in freight transportation, had belonged to Popular Force, the party of Peru’s rightwing president, Keiko Fujimori, until 2025, according to electoral authorities.
- In 2021, the doctor Hitler Saavedra Casternoque was elected to parliament for the centrist party Somos Peru.