- Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1963)
- Honorary citizen of Bonn (1951), Cologne (1951) and Berlin (1963).
- He was voted greatest German person ever in 2005.
- The Cologne/Bonn Airport is named after him. Konrad-Adenauer-Flughafen.
- Had three children with his first wife Emma (1880-1916): Konrad (1906-1993), Max (1910-2004) and Maria (Ria, 1912-1998).
- Had five children with his second wife Auguste (1895-1948): Ferdinand (b. 1920, died soon after birth), Paul (1923-2007), Charlotte (b. 1925), Elisabeth (1928-2019) and Georg (1931-2020).
- He did not smoke or drink.
- He enjoyed playing boccia, reading crime novels and eating chocolate.
- Grandfather of Sven-Georg Adenauer and Patrick Adenauer.
- Chairman of CDU (1946-1966).
- Chairman of CDU Rhineland (1946-1951).
- Mayor of Cologne (1917-1933 and 1945).
- Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 1953.
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