Taiwan is expected to elect its first woman president, Tsai Ing-wen, when voters go to the polls on Saturday. If successful, 59-year-old Tsai - leader of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party - will become the first female president in the Chinese-speaking world. Below is a list of countries which have women as heads of government or state. The date in brackets is the year they took office. (The list excludes figurehead monarchs.) * BANGLADESH: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (2009) * BRAZIL: President Dilma Rousseff (2011) * CAR: Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza (2014) * CHILE: President Michelle Bachelet (2014) * CROATIA: President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic (2015) * GERMANY: Chancellor Angela Merkel (2005) * JAMAICA: Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller (2012) * KOSOVO: President Atifete Jahjaga (2011) * LIBERIA: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2006) * LITHUANIA: President Dalia Grybauskaite (2009) * MALTA: President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (2014) * MAURITIUS: President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (2015) * NAMIBIA: Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila (2015) * NEPAL: President Bidhya Devi Bhandari (2015) * NORWAY: Prime Minister Erna Solberg (2013) * POLAND: Prime Minister Beata Szydlo (2015) * SOUTH KOREA: President Park Geun-hye (2013)