Saško Kedev

Saško Kedev , also Sashko Kedev (born 6 July 1962) is a Macedonian politician, doctor of medical sciences, and mountaineer. He is a member of the political party VMRO-DPMNE.

Personal life Born in Štip, Kedev graduated high school in his hometown. He is a physician specialist cardiologist. From 1991 to 1993 he was a specialist at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health, USA, full professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, European intervention certified cardiologist, certified intervention cardiologist in the U.S. He was director of the University Clinic of Cardiology in Skopje from 1999 to 2003. He lives in Skopje.

He was elected as a corresponding member of the Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015 in the Department of Medical Sciences.

Mountaineering

He climbed several notable peaks in the Alps, including Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Weisshorn and Dufourspitze.

Kedev has completed the Seven Summits, climbing the highest mountain on each continent.

Kedev has climbed all 14 eight-thousanders, the 14 mountains in the world with an elevation of at least :

+ Mountain Elevation (m) Summit Date Kilimanjaro 5,895 10-February-07 Elbrus 5,642 18-July-07 Aconcagua 6,960 30-December-07 Denali 6,190 20-June-08 Everest 8,848.86 19-May-09 Mont Blanc 4,805 25-August-10 Puncak Jaya 4,884 15-September-11 Vinson Massif 4,892 25-December-12 K2 8,611 22-July-22 Kangchenjunga 8,586 23-May-25 Lhotse 8,516 13-May-24 Makalu I 8,485 5-May-24 Cho Oyu 8,188 2-October-23 Dhaulagiri 8,167 9-April-22 Manaslu 8,163 27-September-22 Nanga Parbat 8,125 2-Jul-23 Annapurna I 8,091 15-April-23 Gasherbrum I 8,080 20-July-25 Broad Peak 8,051 29-July-22 Gasherbrum II 8,034 22-July-24 Shishapangma 8,027 4-October-24

With all of these ascents Kedev is the first Macedonian who climbed all of the 14 summits above 8000 meters.

He is holding the record of the oldest person to climb both the seven highest summits in the seven continents, and the 14 highest summits above 8000 meters.

Politics From 2002 to 2006 he was a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia. In April 2004 he was a presidential candidate but lost in the second round against socialist Branko Crvenkovski.