A man named Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has secured a narrow victory in Peru’s local elections, exit polls show.<\/p>\n
The candidate for the centre-left Ahora Naci\u00f3n party was elected mayor of Queropalca, a remote district in the Peruvian Andes.<\/p>\n
Some 229 residents voted for the 45-year-old, putting him ahead of the second-place candidate from right-wing Renovaci\u00f3n Popular Per\u00fa by just 25 votes.<\/p>\n
Despite being elected to represent fewer than 1,000 people, his forenames being those of two notorious fascist dictators has drawn outsized international attention to the small corner of the country.<\/p>\n
Data from Peru’s elections office showed a little over 700 people had participated in the election, with Simeon securing around 34% of the vote.<\/p>\n
He was born in the district in the central department of Hu\u00e1nuco, some 360km (224 miles) from the capital, Lima, according to his candidate profile.<\/p>\n
That he shares his name with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini – “two of the most well-known figures of 20th-Century European totalitarian regimes” – has made his candidacy a “striking event”, local outlet Peru21 reported.<\/p>\n
Despite the curiosity generated by his name, local media noted that Hitler Guesclin Alba S\u00e1nchez had been elected mayor of Y\u00fangar in 2018.<\/p>\n
He reportedly beat rival candidate Lenin Vladimir Rodr\u00edguez Valverde after campaigning on the slogan “I’m the good Hitler”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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