Washington Beltrán Mullin (1914–2003) was a Uruguayan political figure.
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A journalist by profession, and son of deputy Washington Beltrán Barbat, killed in 1920 in a duel with former Colorado President José Batlle y Ordóñez, Washington Beltrán was a prominent member of the Uruguayan National (Blanco) Party.
He was President of Uruguay 1965–1966, succeeding Luis Giannattasio who had died in office shortly after attending in official capacity the funeral of Winston Churchill.
In 1966, Beltrán was succeeded as President by Alberto Héber Usher.
The rivalry between the Uruguayan Blanco and Colorado parties was a feature of the country's history for more than a century, and, indeed, an intense part of Beltrán's family history. However, in 1999, the Blanco Beltrán publicly supported Colorado Jorge Batlle for the Presidency.
Beltrán died in 2003.
