CertificationPursuant to Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Kai-Uwe Ricke, certify that:

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| 1.  | I have reviewed this annual report onForm 20-F of Deutsche Telekom AG; |

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| 2.  | Based on my knowledge, this reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in lightof the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |

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| 3.  | Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, theperiods presented in this report; |

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| 4.  | The company's other certifyingofficer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the company and have: |

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| (a)  | Designed such disclosure controlsand procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to bedesigned under our supervision, to ensure that material informationrelating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, ismade known to us by others within those entities, particularly duringthe period in which this report is being prepared; |

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| (b)  | Evaluated the effectiveness of thecompany's disclosure controls and procedures and presented inthis report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and |

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| (c)  | Disclosed in this report any changein the company's internal control over financial reporting thatoccurred during the period covered by the annual report that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, thecompany's internal control over financial reporting; and |

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| 5.  | The company's other certifyingofficer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the company'sauditors and the audit committee of the company's board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |

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| (a)  | All significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect thecompany's ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and |

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| (b)  | Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant role in the company's internalcontrol over financial reporting. |

|  | /s/ Kai-UweRicke                             Kai-UweRicke Chairman of the Management Board |
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Date: March30, 2004

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