Risk management of the state administration process is a multifaceted problem, the positive solution of which is impossible without taking into account numerous factors affecting the subject and objects of administration. Usually, the practice of public administration corresponds to a complex approach to risk management, which simultaneously involves the application of actions of an economic, organizational and technical nature. The substantiation of the theoretical principles of risk management at the level of public authorities has not yet become a component of the theory of public administration. In the study, based on the results of the generalization of the review of the problem, a proposal is presented regarding the use of state management mechanisms to minimize possible risks.