ljudmila novak born 1 august 1959 is a slovenian politician and a former member of the european parliament she is the president of the new slovenia christian peoples party since 21 december 2011 she has been the vicepresident of the slovenian national assemblyshe was born in maribor she studied slovene and german language at the university of maribor between 1982 and 2001 she worked as a school teacher first in murska sobota and then in vinja gora and finally in morave she entered politics in 2001 when she was elected mayor of morave in 2002 she became a member of the executive council of new slovenia party in 2004 she was elected to the european parliament as a member of the european peoples party she was named a member of the committee on culture and education she is also a substitute for the committee on regional development a member of the delegation to the acpeu joint parliamentary assembly and a substitute for the delegation for relations with mercosurafter the slovenian parliamentary election of 2008 when new slovenia failed to gain any seats in the national assembly na the lower house of the slovenian parliament ljudmila novak was elected president of the party at the 2011 slovenian parliamentary election the party won 4 seats in the nanovak is well known for her advocacy against samesex marriages civil unions and lgbt adoption in her role as the president of new slovenia she stated that homosexuality is not normal that same sex relationships are less stable than opposite sex relationships and that gay people should not be able to adoptshe learned and practiced the language esperanto in her youth but doesnt actively speak it today she still understands it in 2007 she participated in the 7th congress of the europeanunion in maribor sloveniaon the 21st of january 2009 she presented to the european parliament in the committee of culture under the sign pe 416668v0100 in the framework of the debateopinion on multilingualism of vasco graca moura three proposals for change in article 4 touching on esperanto