EXHIBIT 31.1



                  CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
         PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


     I, George H. Walker, certify that:

     1. I have reviewed this  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended September 30, 2005 of Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Partners II, LLC;

     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;

     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
flow of the  registrant  as of,  and for,  the  periods  presented  in this
report;

     4. The registrant's other certifying  officer(s) and I are responsible
for  establishing  and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(e) and  15d-15(e)) for the registrant
and have:

          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
registrant, 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;

          b. Evaluated  the   effectiveness   of  the  registrant'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

          c. Disclosed in this report any change in the  registrant's
internal  control  over  financial   reporting  that  occurred  during  the
registrant's  most recent fiscal  quarter (the  registrant's  fourth fiscal
quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially  affected,  or
is  reasonably  likely to  materially  affect,  the  registrant's  internal
control over financial reporting; and

     5. The registrant's other certifying  officer(s) and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent  evaluation  of internal  control  over  financial
reporting,  to the  registrant's  auditors  and the board of  directors  of
Goldman Sachs Hedge Funds Strategies LLC:

          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  registrant's  ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

          b. Any  fraud,  whether  or not  material,  that  involves
management  or  other  employees  who  have  a  significant   role  in  the
registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:   November 14, 2005


/s/ George H. Walker
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Name:  George H. Walker
Title: Chief Executive Officer