# Hitler wins Peruvian election **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-wins-peruvian-election/1034225 "2026-10-28T19:39:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-wins-peruvian-election/1034225/1 "2026-10-28T19:39:58Z")
Apparently some Peruvian parents really think outside the box when it’s time to name the kids. From the Guardian: > 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 45-year-old, who shares two of his names with the notorious European dictators, won the race for mayor of Queropalca, in Peru’s central Huánuco region, and will take office on 1 January. > > 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. > > His closest rival, the far-right candidate Gaspar Osorio, received 204 votes. > > 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. > > Despite the name being associated with Germany’s Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, several candidates with the name have won elections in Peru. > > In 2021, the doctor Hitler Saavedra Casternoque was elected to parliament for the centrist party Somos Peru. > > In 2018, Hitler Alba Sánchez was voted in as mayor of the Andean district of Yungar, saying during his campaign that he was “the good Hitler”. The “good Hitler”'s win was no doubt made sweeter by the fact that his opponent was named Lenin Vladimir Rodriguez Valerde. And a tip of the cap to Peruvian professional footballer Osama Vinladen Jiminez Lopez and his brother Saddam. The third son was going to be George Bush, but turned out to be a girl and I guess Dad was afraid people would think that was a weird name for a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-wins-peruvian-election/1034225/2 "2026-10-28T19:44:59Z")
This story reminded me to check in on how Adolf Hitler is doing. He’s been reelected to his local position in Namibia for the fifth time in a row, and - despite the name not hampering his political success - is changing his name from Adolf Hitler Uunona to just Adolf Uunona. > **[Adolf Hitler re-elected in Namibia for fifth time - and is finally changing...](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/africa/adolf-hitler-uunona-namibia-election-b2874229.html)** > > The 59-year-old has had to explain his unfortunate moniker for years - though it has never hampered his successful political career ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-wins-peruvian-election/1034225/3 "2026-10-28T20:52:37Z")
“Why should I change? He’s the one who sucks.” ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-wins-peruvian-election/1034225/4 "2026-10-29T13:06:53Z")
Vic Hitler, the Narcoleptic Comic: vindicated at last! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-wins-peruvian-election/1034225/5 "2026-10-29T14:02:08Z")
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**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitler-wins-peruvian-election/1034225/6 "2026-10-29T15:28:15Z")
And I see there is an _actual_ Mussolini playing soccer in Italy. > Lazio were back in front by the 13th minute, Mattia Zaccagni cutting in from the left and squaring for Gustav Isaksen to finish. Moments later it was 3-1. Another story within the story, as Romano Floriani Mussolini – great-grandson of the former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini – scored his first Serie A goal. > > The player, who wears the name “Romano” on his shirt, has said politics does not interest him, though his family’s history makes it hard to avoid. His mother, Alessandra, is a right-wing politician who has defended her grandfather’s legacy. At the time of Romano’s only previous professional goal, on loan for Juve Stabia in 2024, he was wearing “F. Mussolini” on his shirt, and some fans [appeared to celebrate with fascist salutes](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/dec/24/juve-stabia-cesena-romano-floriani-mussolini-investigation-fascist-salutes).