Exhibit 31.1

Certifications

I, Douglas Krupp, certify that:

      1.    I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Krupp  Government
            Income Trust II;

      2.    Based on my  knowledge,  this  annual  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 annual report;

      3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
            information  included in this annual  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 annual report;

      4.    The registrant's  other certifying officer 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 annual 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;

      5.    The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer 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):

                  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   controls  over
                        financial reporting.

Date: March 16, 2005


                               /s/ Douglas Krupp
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                                  Douglas Krupp
                Chairman of the Board of Trustees and a Trustee
                       of Krupp Government Income Trust II