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<span id="a09-27109_1ex32d1.htm"></span> <html lang="en-US"> <head> </head> <body lang="EN-US"> <div> <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit 32.1</font></b></p> <h3 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;"> </font></b></h3> <h3 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Certification Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63<br> of Title 18 of the United States Code</font></b></h3> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </font></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I, Larry D. Zimpleman, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Principal Financial Group, Inc., certify that (i) the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and (ii) the information contained in the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Principal Financial Group, Inc.</font></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </font></p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;"> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.58%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;"> </font></p> </td> <td width="49%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.42%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Larry D. Zimpleman</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.58%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;"> </font></p> </td> <td width="49%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.42%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Larry D. Zimpleman</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.58%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;"> </font></p> </td> <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.42%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.58%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;"> </font></p> </td> <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.42%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: November 4, 2009</font></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </font></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1</font></p> <div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><hr size="3" width="100%" noshade color="#010101" align="left"></div> </div> <!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='1',FILE='C:\JMS\105924\09-27109-1\task3775208\27109-1-me.htm',USER='105924',CD='Oct 30 16:56 2009' --> </body> </html>