Exhibit 31.1




CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 (a) OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002




I, Larry A. Dreyer, Chief
Executive Officer of Eagle Bancorp, certify that:


|1. |  | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Eagle
Bancorp;
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|2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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|3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, 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 small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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|4. |  | The small business issuers other certifying officer and I
are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
small business issuer and have:
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| | (a) |  | Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared;
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| | (b) |  | Evaluated
the effectiveness of the small business issuers disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and
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| | (c) |  | Disclosed
in this report any change in the small business issuers internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during small business issuers most recent fiscal
quarter (the small business issuers fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
small business issuers internal control over financial reporting; and
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|5. |  | The small business issuers other certifying officer and I
have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuers auditors and the
audit committee of small business issuers board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | (a) |  | All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
small business issuers ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
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| | (b) |  | Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the small business issuers internal control over financial
reporting.
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Date: September 15, 2006




/s/ Larry A. DreyerLarry A. Dreyer President and Chief Executive Officer


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