**EXHIBIT31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, Thomas M. Petro, certify that:

 

1.             Ihave reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc.:

 

2.             Basedon my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;

 

3.             Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this annual report;

 

4.             Theregistrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant andhave:

 

(a)   Designed such disclosurecontrols and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures tobe designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relatingto the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to usby others within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisannual report is being prepared;

 

(b)   Designed such internal controlover financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financialreporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assuranceregarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation offinancial statements for external purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles;

 

(c)   Evaluated the effectiveness ofthe registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in thisannual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as the end of the period covered by this annual reportbased on such evaluation; and

 

(d)   Disclosed in this report anychange in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting thatoccurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’sfourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.             Theregistrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)   All significant deficienciesand material weaknesses in the design or operation of  internal control over financial reportingwhich are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)   Any fraud, whether or notmaterial, that involves management or other employees who have a significantrole in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Date: March 12,  2009 | /s/ Thomas M. Petro                    |
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|                       | Thomas M. Petro                        |
|                       | President and Chief  Executive Officer |
|                       | (principal executive  officer)         |

 

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