**EXHIBIT 31.1**

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**CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER**

**PURSUANT TO RULES 13A-14 AND 15D-14**

**OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

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I, Vince M. Guest, certify that:

 

- I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Universal Bioenergy,Inc.;

 

- Based on my knowledge, this report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in lightof the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

- Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, resultsof operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

- 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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for theregistrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controlsand procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation 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. Designed such internal controlover financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for externalpurposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectivenessof the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness ofthe disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report anychange 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 likelyto materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

- 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 auditorsand the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.                  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarizeand report financial information; and

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

 

UNIVERSAL BIOENERGY, INC.

 

 

***By: /s/ VINCE M. GUEST***

Vince M. Guest

President and Chief Executive Officer,

Principal Financial Officer, Principal

Accounting Officer and Director

 

April 16, 2012