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<span id="a2237639zex-32_1.htm"></span><html lang="en-US"> <HEAD> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK=BLUE VLINK=PURPLE> <BR> <div style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;32.1</font></b><a name="30038-2-MC_Exhibit32_1_024501"></a></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Certification Pursuant to Section&nbsp;1350 of Chapter 63<br> of Title 18 of the United States Code</font></b></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I, Daniel J. Houston, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc., certify that (i)&nbsp;the Form&nbsp;10-K for the period ended December&nbsp;31, 2018, fully complies with the requirements of Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and (ii)&nbsp;the information contained in the Form&nbsp;10-K for the period ended December&nbsp;31, 2018, fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Principal Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc.</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;">&nbsp;</font></p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;"> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Daniel J. Houston</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daniel J. Houston</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;"> <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:50.0%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;"> <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: February&nbsp;13, 2019</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;">&nbsp;</font></p> <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">1<a name="30038-2-MC_PB_1_035152_5293"></a></p> <div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><hr size="3" width="100%" noshade align="left" style="color:#010101;"></div> </div> <!-- ZEQ.=1,SEQ=1,EFW="2237639",CP="PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.",DN="6",CHK=652487,FOLIO='1',FILE="DISK106:[19ZDS2.19ZDS73802]30038-2-MC_ZDS73802.CHC",USER="DCOMBA",CD='Jan 31 05:31 2019' --> <BR> <!-- TOCEXISTFLAG --> </BODY> </HTML>