EXHIBIT 99.1
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             STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                      REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES
                      RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

   I, Joseph Galli, Jr., principal executive officer, state and attest
   that:

   (1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
        reports of Newell Rubbermaid Inc., and, except as corrected or
        supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

        *    no covered report contained an untrue statement of a
             material fact as of the end of the period covered by such
             report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive
             proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

        *    no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary
             to make the statements in the covered report, in light of
             the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading
             as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
             the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy
             materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

   (2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the company's
        audit committee.

   (3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on
        or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

        *    the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
             31, 2001 of Newell Rubbermaid Inc. filed with the
             Commission;

        *    all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
             definitive proxy materials of Newell Rubbermaid Inc. filed
             with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form
             10-K identified above; and

        *    any amendments to any of the foregoing.

   /s/ Joseph Galli, Jr.
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   Joseph Galli, Jr.

   August 1, 2002           Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st
                            day of August 2002.

                            /s/ Joan L. Bradford
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                                 Notary Public

                            My Commission Expires: 3/25/05