Exhibit
31(a)CERTIFICATIONS

I, J.M. Haggar,
III, Chief Executive Officer of Haggar Corp., certify  that:

|1. |  | I
have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Haggar Corp.;
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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  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,  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;
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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 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:  December
10, 2004

| | /s/ J.M. Haggar,
      III                                                        
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| |                                                                                   
| | J.M. Haggar, III
      Chief Executive Officer
      (principal executive officer)

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