Exhibit 31.1



CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14 OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



I, Theodore L. Koenig, certify that:



| | 1. | I
have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Monroe Capital Corporation;
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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 consolidated 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 registrant as of, and for, the
    periods presented in this report;
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| | 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:
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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 registrant, 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 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
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| | (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
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| | 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 audit committee of the registrant’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 registrant’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 registrant’s
    internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: May 10, 2016



| | /s/
    Theodore L. Koenig                        
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| | Theodore
    L. Koenig                            
| | Chairman,
    Chief Executive Officer and Director
| | (Principal Executive Officer)                     
| | Monroe
    Capital Corporation