| 1. Angela Merkel does not smoke. |
| 2. Angela Merkel drinks alcohol. |
| 3. Merkel's paternal grandfather had Polish ancestry. |
| 4. Religion has been significant in Merkel's life. |
| 5. She learned to speak Russian fluently during her school days. |
| 6. In 1989, Merkel joined the democracy movement post the Berlin Wall's fall. |
| 7. Merkel divorced her first husband in 1982 but retained his surname. |
| 8. Forbes ranked Merkel as the world's second most powerful person in 2015. |
| 9. Time magazine honored Merkel as the 'Person of the Year' in 2015. |
| 10. She was a member of the communist East German Free German Youth (FDJ). |
| 11. She was the first woman to hold the office of Chancellor of Germany. |
| 12. She was the first Chancellor of reunified Germany to have been raised in the former East Germany. |
| 13. She worked as a research chemist at the Central Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Academy of Sciences (1978-1990). |
| 14. She was known for her pragmatic and methodical approach to governance. |
| 15. She published her memoirs detailing her private life and 16 years in office. |
