Of Transylvanian Saxon ethnicity,Fodor is a graduate of the Faculty of Administrative Law in Sibiu (German:Hermannstadt). From 1978 to 2000 she worked at the "Libertatea" fabric factory,where she performed various functions,eventually that of the commercial manager.[2] From 2002 to 2008 she was the economic director of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania (German:Evangelische Kirche A.B. [Augsburgischen Bekenntnisses] in Rumänien).
Political career
At the Romanian local elections in 2008,Fodor was elected municipal councillor on behalf of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (FDGR/DFDR).[3] Although at that time the FDGR/FDR held the absolute majority in the Sibiu Municipal Council (14 of the 23 mandates),following a meeting with the National Liberal Party (PNL),one of the two positions of deputy mayor was taken by the PNL representative while the other was ascribed to Fodor from the FDGR/DFDR.[4] On 2 December 2014,she was elected mayor of Sibiu/Hermannstadt,with 21 votes out of the total of 23 (91%) of municipal councillors. At the local elections in 2016,Fodor was elected mayor,with 57.13% of the votes.[5]
Personal life
Fodor has two sons. She was married to Ioan Fodor (born in 1949,in Mediaș),a Romanian Orthodox priest from Cornățel village,who died of kidney failure on 1 January 2001.[4]
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