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                                                                Exhibit 31.1

    CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


I, Mark Pearson, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of MONY Life
Insurance Company of America, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of MONY Life Insurance
     Company of America (the "Registrant");

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;

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;

4.   The Registrant's other certifying officer 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 (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
     15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and we have:

     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;

     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 the preparation of financial statements for
        external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
        principles;

     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 this report based on such evaluation; and

     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 (the Registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the
        case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
        likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over
        financial reporting; and

5.   The Registrant's other certifying officer 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 of
     directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

     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

     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.

Date:  August 11, 2011

                                      /s/ Mark Pearson
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                                      Mark Pearson
                                      Chairman of the Board and
                                      Chief Executive Office