Career
He is the "first "black" elected mayor in Germany in modern times", and "Baden-Württembergs erster schwarzer Bürgermeister" ("Baden-Württemberg"s first black mayor"). Prior to his position as mayor, Ehret was working at the Bundeskriminalamt as law enforcement official His mother gave him up for adoption when he was two years old, after she was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
In 1977, at age six, he was adopted for Gertrud and Helmut Ehret who moved him to Mauer.
After graduating from high school in 1992, he obtained a diploma to be a police officer at the Bundeskriminalamt, and subsequently worked in Wiesbaden, Berlin and Meckenheim. He has helped developing countries with the construction of police departments, and in 2012, received an award for his role in helping develop the Afghan police.
