EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION
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 of Hanmi Financial
Corporation (the “Company”) on
Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
“Report”), I, Chung Hoon Youk, Interim President
and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best
of my knowledge 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.
/s/ Chung Hoon Youk
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: February 29, 2008
A signed original of this written statement required by
Section 906 has been provided to Hanmi Financial
Corporation and will be retained by Hanmi Financial Corporation
and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its
staff upon request.