Form: 10KSB

Optional form for annual and transition reports of small business issuers [Section 13 or 15(d), not S-B Item 405]

March 31, 2008


Certification of the Principal Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

I, John Kovach, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Lixte Biotechnology Holdings, Inc., certify that:
 
1.  
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Lixte Biotechnology Holdings, Inc.;
 
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 issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.  
I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the issuer and 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 issuer, 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)  
Evaluated the effectiveness of the issuer’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
 
(c)  
Disclosed in this report any change in the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.  
I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of issuer’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 issuer’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 issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
     
Date: March 31, 2008
By:   /s/ John S. Kovach
 
Name: John Kovach
Title: Chief Executive Officer and
  Chief Financial Officer