CERTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 906 OF SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
                                (18 U.S.C. 1350)


        In connection with the Semiannual Report of Great-West Variable Annuity
Account A (the "Registrant") on Form N-CSR for the period ended June 30, 2003
(the "Report"), the undersigneds hereby certify, to the best of their knowledge,
that:

     1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
        15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

     2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
        respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
        Registrant.


Date: August 15, 2003                           By: /s/  W.T. McCallum
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                                                    W.T. McCallum
                                                    Chairman of the Committee


Date: August 15, 2003                           By: /s/  G. McDonald
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                                                    G. McDonald
                                                    Treasurer