Klimchuk was born on 18 March 1951 in the village of Voloshky, Kovelsky district, Volyn Oblast to parents Petro and Olha.
[7][8] On 24 January 2014, Klimchuk resigned for the sake of preserving peace and preventing protests from intensifying.
[9] At the same time, he asked the leaders of the Lutsk Euromaidan to write statements that they will not call on citizens to use violence.
The protesters, who were standing under the walls of the cabinet, greeted the governor's decision with shouts of "Well done!"
[10] Borys Petrovych Klimchuk died on 2 September 2014 in Berlin after a serious illness, where he was treated at the "Charite" clinic.