Namesake

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini were the notorious leaders of Nazi Germany and the then Kingdom of Italy, respectively, which comprised the Axis powers along with Imperial Japan in World War II.

A politician in Peru named after the two historical figures now sits as mayor of the Queropalca district in the Huánuco region.

Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores, 45, from the center-left Ahora Nación party, won the post during the recent local elections in the South American country. He received 229 votes, beating Gaspar Benilde Osorio Zambrano of the Popular Renewal Peru Party, who took 204 votes, the Daily Mail reported.

Flores’ election made him the latest poll candidate with the Hitler name to be voted into office in Peru.

Hitler Guesclin Alba Sanchez of the center-right We Are Peru party served as mayor of the small Andean town of Yungar between 2011 and 2014, according to the Daily Mail.

Hitler Saavedra from the We Are Peru party served in Peru’s Congress from 2021 until his death in 2024 at age 46, the Daily Mail added.

The La República newspaper reported that there were 2,349 Peruvians bearing the name of the Nazi leader.

Meanwhile, an unusual wedding was held in Zhejiang province, eastern China, on 6 October. A poster of the event went viral after it was shared online.

Relatives of the 28-year-old bride thought there was an error on the poster that indicated only one name.

The couple work in the civil aviation industry, she as a flight attendant and he as an aviation safety officer.

They met at a job fair in 2016 but only began dating in 2019 after a co-worker of the groom and the bride’s classmate introduced them to each other, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported.

In May, Zhu Xiaocong and her fiancé, also named Zhu Xiaocong, registered their marriage, according to the SCMP.

Their names on their wedding poster were written with the same Chinese characters.