Saško Kedev

Saško Kedev
Сашко Кедев
Born (1962-07-06) 6 July 1962
Štip
EducationSs. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
OccupationsPolitician and physician

Saško Kedev (Macedonian: Сашко Кедев), 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.[1] 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.[2]

Mountaineering

He climbed several notable peaks in the Alps, including Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Weisshorn and Dufourspitze.[3]

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 8,000 metres (26,247 ft):

MountainElevation (m)Summit Date
Kilimanjaro5,89510-February-07
Elbrus5,64218-July-07
Aconcagua6,96030-December-07
Denali6,19020-June-08
Everest8,848.8619-May-09[a]
Mont Blanc4,80525-August-10
Puncak Jaya4,88415-September-11
Vinson Massif4,89225-December-12
K28,61122-July-22
Kangchenjunga8,58623-May-25
Lhotse8,51613-May-24
Makalu I8,4855-May-24
Cho Oyu8,1882-October-23
Dhaulagiri8,1679-April-22
Manaslu8,16327-September-22
Nanga Parbat8,1252-Jul-23
Annapurna I8,09115-April-23
Gasherbrum I8,08020-July-25[b]
Broad Peak8,05129-July-22
Gasherbrum II8,03422-July-24
Shishapangma8,0274-October-24

With all of these ascents Kedev is the first Macedonian who climbed all of the 14 summits above 8000 meters.[4]

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.

Notes

  1. ↑ Third Macedonian to climb Everest
  2. ↑ At 10:44 AM Pakistan standard time, Kedev summited his final 8-thousander

References

  1. ↑ "Assembly Republic of Macedonia". www.sobranie.mk. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
  2. ↑ "Редовни и дописни - МАКЕДОНСКА АКАДЕМИЈА НА НАУКИТЕ И УМЕТНОСТИТЕ". 2023-12-27. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  3. ↑ Pokhrel, Chhabi (2025-07-20). "From Macedonia to the Summits: Dr. Kedev Joins Mountaineering's Elite Club". Everest Todat. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  4. ↑ "From Macedonia to the Summits: Dr. Kedev Joins Mountaineering's Elite Club". Everest Today. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
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