Francisco Urcuyo

Francisco Urcuyo Maliaños (1915 – 2001) was Nicaraguan politician, who served as Vice President of Anastasio Somoza Debayle from 1974 to 1979.

He was acting president of Nicaragua for a single day in 1979, following the resignation of Somoza on July 17. Upon taking office, he announced his intention to serve out the remainder of Somoza's term, in violation of an agreement reached some weeks earlier between the government and the Sandinista rebel forces. This announcement provoked a strong reaction from the Sandinistas, other Latin American states, and the Carter Administration in the U.S. Recognizing the untenability of his situation, Urcuyo fled to Guatemala on July 18, effectively handing the country over to the Sandinista junta.