**EXHIBIT (31.1)****CERTIFICATION 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, Joseph G. Morone, certify that:

| 1.      | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Albany International Corp.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| 2.      | Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;                 |
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| 3.      | Based upon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this quarterly report;                                  |
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| 4.      | The registrant’s other certifying officers 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 (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we 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, including its consolidated subsidiaries, ismade known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared; |
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|                   | b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and thepreparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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|                   | c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 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 thisreport, based on such evaluation; and |
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|                   | d)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 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 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 officers 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 registrant’s board ofdirectors:                                                                                     |
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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 reportfinancial data and |
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|                   | b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
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Date: May 7, 2009

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|               | By /s/ Joseph G. Morone                                          |
|                                                                           |        Joseph G. Morone                      |
|                                                                           |        President and Chief Executive Officer |
|                                                                           |        (Principal Executive Officer)         |