His mother's name is Klára Révfalvi (1925–2017) and she was working in the local city council.

He was a member of the Bibó István College for Advanced Studies, along with Viktor Orbán, Tamás Deutsch and László Kövér.

He was a founding member of the Fidesz but left the party in 1993, due to his opposition to Viktor Orbán's nationalist approach.

[5] Fodor tried to recruit young talents with no political background (For instance: Anett Bősz, Ádám Sermer) to the party.

He also strengthened the party with well-known and experienced actors in public life (Zoltán Bodnár, István Szent-Iványi).

His first wife (between 1988 and 1993) was Ágnes Honecz jurist, art historian and later the CEO of the Equal Treatment Authority (in Hungarian: Egyenlő Bánásmód Hatóság).