Exhibit 32.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
Republic First Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Harry D. Madonna, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, that:


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


          (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
               material respects, the financial condition and result of
               operations of the Company.



Date: March 18, 2005                   By:/s/ Harry D. Madonna
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                                          Harry D. Madonna
                                          Chairman, President and
                                          Chief Executive Officer






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