Horemheb (sometimes spelled Horemhab or Haremhab and meaning Horus is in Jubilation) is the last Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty from 1319 BCE to late 1292 BCE, although he was not related to the preceding royal family and is believed to have been of common birth.

Before he became pharaoh, Horemheb was the commander in chief of the army under the reigns of Tutankamun and Ay.

After his accession to the throne he reformed the state and it was under his reign that official action against the preceding Amarna rulers began.

Horemheb demolishes monuments of Akhenaten, reusing their remains in his own building projects, and usurps monuments of Tutankhamun and Ay.

Horemheb presumably remains childless and he appoints his vizier Paramesse as his successor, who will assume the throne as Ramesses I.