Saško Kedev
Saško Kedev, also Sashko Kedev 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 | 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.