Saško Kedev


Saško Kedev, also Sashko Kedev is a Macedonian politician and doctor of medical sciences. He is a member of the political party VMRO-DPMNE.

Personal life

Born at Štip, Kedev graduated high school in his hometown. He is a physician specialist cardiologist. From 1991 to 1993 he was a specialist at a clinic in Bethesda, USA, Assistant 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 clinic for cardiology from 1999 to 2003. He lives in Skopje.
On 19 May 2009, Kedev climbed Mount Everest, becoming the third Macedonian to scale the highest peak in the world.

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.