UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  March 5, 2007

 

THE AES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-12291

 

54-1163725

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File

 

(I.R.S. Employer

 of incorporation)

 

Number)

 

Identification Number)

 

 

4300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1100, Arlington, Virginia

 

22203

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 522-1315

 

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Item 5.02.                                        Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

On March 5, 2007, The AES Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Mr. Andres Gluski has been appointed to the new position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.  Mr. Gluski will report to AES President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Hanrahan.  The appointment was made on March 2, 2007.

Mr. Gluski, who is 49 years old, has been an Executive Vice President of the Company and the Regional President of Latin America since 2005.  Mr. Gluski was Senior Vice President for the Caribbean and Central America from 2003 to 2005, was Group Manager and CEO of Electricidad de Caracas (“EDC”) (Venezuela) from 2002 to 2003, served as CEO of Gener (Chile) in 2001 and was Executive Vice President of EDC and Corporacion EDC. Prior to joining the Company in 1997, Mr. Gluski was Executive Vice President of Corporate Banking for Banco de Venezuela and Executive Vice President of Finance of CANTV in Venezuela. Mr. Gluski is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wake Forest University and earned a Master of Arts and a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Virginia.

Item 9.01               Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

 

Exhibits

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated March 5, 2007

 

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SIGNATURE

                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

THE AES CORPORATION

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  Brian A. Miller

 

 

Name: Brian A. Miller

 

 

Title: General Counsel

 

 

 

Date: March 5, 2007

 

 

 

 

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