Relevance. The systemic and legal problems of developing the unity of principles for managing the security and protection of the vital interests of the people are multifaceted, complex, and largely debatable. Both constitutional and administrative principles of security management, as well as their unity, primarily meet the interests of citizens and are aimed at ensuring the development of legal protection of life, rights and freedoms, since they prioritize in favor of a person. The unity of principles as scientific principles and the basic rules of behavior of subjects of management requires the development of security and the protection of the vital interests of the people, which is currently very important.The purpose. Establishing the content of the constitutional and administrative principles of state management of the security and protection of the vital interests of the people.Objectives: define regulatory legal acts containing the principles of public safety management; highlight the constitutional and administrative principles of state management of the security and protection of the vital interests of the people.Methodology. The study used a combination of methods, such as: a general scientific method for studying legal phenomena and processes, formal legal and formal logical methods.Results. In the course of the study, the constitutional and administrative principles of state management of the security and protection of the vital interests of the people were considered, as well as their unity, aimed at protecting the vital interests of a person, was studied.Conclusion. The unity of the principles of state management of the security and protection of the vital interests of the people gives a scientific idea of the procedure for generalizing and extending each principle to the activities of a state authority and local self-government, aimed at fulfilling the obligations of the state to create safe living conditions for its citizens, including their implementation. constitutional rights and freedoms.