Adolf Hitler Wins Local Elections In Namibia By A Landslide

A politician named Adolf Hitler went viral this week after word got out that he was set to win a local election in his home country of Namibia. Sure enough, he did win, and by a landslide at that.

Adolf Hitler Uunona, 59, won re-election for his local seat for the fifth time in a row, according to Euro News.

Adolf has repeatedly clarified that his father had no idea about the historical significance of the name when he chose it for him, and that he has no connection to the infamous Nazi dictator, saying: “My father gave me this name, but it does not mean I have Adolf Hitler’s character or resemble that of Adolf Hitler of Germany.”

Coincidentally, Namibia was a German colony from 1884 to 1915, under the name German South West Africa. But that was well before Hitler’s time, to be fair. Still, it could explain why the name ‘Adolf’ is still fairly common in the country, though I’m not sure what his dad was thinking adding the ‘Hitler’ part.

Uunona previously told German newspaper Bild: “[My father] probably didn’t understand what Adolf Hitler stood for. As a child, I saw it as a totally normal name. Only as I grew up did I understand this man wanted to conquer the whole world. I have nothing to do with any of these things.”

He says he has no plans to change his name: “It’s on all my official documents. It’s too late for that.”

Uunona, a member of the ruling SWAPO party, kept his seat as regional councilor for the Ompundja constituency in northern Namibia, and though Namibia’s Electoral Commission has yet to release the official vote count, he did bag around 85% of the vote in 2020, so clearly the guy has been doing something right all these years.

A penny for OG Hitler’s thoughts? Probably fuming, to be fair.

For the Jewish staffer suing Kanye West after he sent her a text saying ‘Heil Hitler’, click HERE. Something tells me he wasn’t referring to Uunona.