Former Mayor Dave Dinkins is endorsing Keith Wright to succeed Rep. Charles Rangel in Congress.

Dinkins noted that Harlem Assemblyman Wright, the Manhattan Democratic Party chairman, served as his office manager when Dinkins was Manhattan borough president in the ’80s.

“I’ve had the privilege of knowing Keith for his entire life,” Dinkins said. “This is nothing negative against the other candidates. I simply like Keith.”

Rangel, the uptown Manhattan congressman since 1972, announced that he is retiring next year.

Other likely candidates include Harlem state Sen. Bill Perkins, Washington Heights state Sen. Adriano Espaillat, Adam Clayton Powell IV, Clyde Williams, Mike Gallagher and Suzan Johnson Cook.

Dinkins, 88, was part of the “Gang of Four” that long dominated Harlem politics.